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Also with a restrictive transfusion policy, screening with second-generation anti-hepatitis C virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay would have reduced post-transfusion hepatitis C after open-heart surgery

Mathiesen, U L ; Karlsson, E ; Foberg, U ; Fryden, A ; Franzen, L ; Widell, Anders LU and Bodemar, G (1993) In Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 28(7). p.581-584
Abstract
The incidence of post-transfusion hepatitis non-A, non-B (PTH-NANB) was prospectively assessed among open-heart surgery patients from the southeast region of Sweden before the introduction of antihepatitis C virus (HCV) blood donor screening. Blood samples for alanine aminotransferase analysis were drawn before and 2, 3, and 4 months after transfusion. Surgery was performed in four centres. Of 190 transfused and followed-up patients 2 (1.1%) contracted PTH-NANB, both operated on at the centre with significantly fewer transfusions than the other centres. One patient had antibodies to HCV detected by first-generation (C100-3) and later by second-generation anti-HCV enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA-2) and by positive second-generation... (More)
The incidence of post-transfusion hepatitis non-A, non-B (PTH-NANB) was prospectively assessed among open-heart surgery patients from the southeast region of Sweden before the introduction of antihepatitis C virus (HCV) blood donor screening. Blood samples for alanine aminotransferase analysis were drawn before and 2, 3, and 4 months after transfusion. Surgery was performed in four centres. Of 190 transfused and followed-up patients 2 (1.1%) contracted PTH-NANB, both operated on at the centre with significantly fewer transfusions than the other centres. One patient had antibodies to HCV detected by first-generation (C100-3) and later by second-generation anti-HCV enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA-2) and by positive second-generation recombinant immunoblot assay (4-RIBA). The other patient, although negative by first-generation anti-HCV ELISA, was positive by second-generation ELISA and by 4-RIBA. Both patients were hepatitis C-viremic by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). All the six donors implicated in the two hepatitis cases were first-generation anti-HCV-negative, but two, one for each patient, were positive by second-generation anti-HCV ELISA. This finding was confirmed by positive 4-RIBA in only 1 donor, the other being 'indeterminate'. However, in both donors hepatitis C viremia was found by PCR. This study shows that the second-generation anti-HCV ELISA will further reduce the risk for PTH-NANB/C and draws attention to the problem of evaluation of confirmatory tests. (Less)
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C22-3-indeterminate, polymerase chain reaction, post-transfusion hepatitis non-A, non-B, post-transfusion hepatitis C, second-generation anti-hepatitis C virus screening, second-generation recombinant immunoblot assay
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Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology
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28
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7
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581 - 584
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Taylor & Francis
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1502-7708
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10.3109/00365529309096091
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English
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  author       = {{Mathiesen, U L and Karlsson, E and Foberg, U and Fryden, A and Franzen, L and Widell, Anders and Bodemar, G}},
  issn         = {{1502-7708}},
  keywords     = {{C22-3-indeterminate; polymerase chain reaction; post-transfusion hepatitis non-A; non-B; post-transfusion hepatitis C; second-generation anti-hepatitis C virus screening; second-generation recombinant immunoblot assay}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{7}},
  pages        = {{581--584}},
  publisher    = {{Taylor & Francis}},
  series       = {{Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology}},
  title        = {{Also with a restrictive transfusion policy, screening with second-generation anti-hepatitis C virus enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay would have reduced post-transfusion hepatitis C after open-heart surgery}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00365529309096091}},
  doi          = {{10.3109/00365529309096091}},
  volume       = {{28}},
  year         = {{1993}},
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