title: [Epidemiologic and clinical characteristics of patients with hepatitis type C on the bases of selected parameters].
abstract: We present dates of epidemiological and clinical analysis of patients with chronic hepatitis C. 107 patients were hospitalized in our Chair and Department of Infectious Diseases CM UJ since 1991 till 1995. 41 cases were diagnosed as acute viral hepatitis C and 66 as chronic hepatitis C. In our material 59% cases were nosocomial infections. The certain risk in this group was the surgery (28% of patients). Next possibility of transmission HCV was hospitalization in nonoperative ward (17%). The patients receiving blood or blood products were the next significant risk group of HCV infection. Medical staff is still a certain risk group. About 1/3 of patients have no obvious route of infection. In 70% of patients with hepatitis have the acute phase of HCV infection without any symptoms. 79% cases of acute hepatitis C tends to chronic hepatitis, with high percent of active disease (64%) which can lead after years to cirrhosis or even to hepatocellular carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Katedra i Klinika Chorób Zakaźnych, Collegium Medicum UJ.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Warunek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Librant-Suska
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Krukowiecki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zejc-Bajsarowicz
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Janas-Skulina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garlicki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000635:transmission*; D006521:Hepatitis, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D017757:Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D065227:Transfusion Reaction