title: [Epidemiologic and therapeutic status study of patients with hepatitis C].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the different infective mode, the time from be infectived to be diagnosed and the time from be diagnosed to be treated of patients with hepatitis C.
  
  
  METHODS
  The different infective mode, the time from be infectived to be diagnosed and the time from be diagnosed to be treated of 216 patients with hepatitis C from march 2004 to march 2009 were retrospectively analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  72.22 percents patients suffered from post transfusion hepatitis C (PTHC) and 27.78 percents patients suffered from sporadic hepatitisC (SHC). 32.61 percents patients were diagnosed after be infectived 15-20 years later. 3.26 percents patients were diagnosed after be infectived more than 20 years later. 33.80 percents patients were treated after be diagnosed more than 5 years later. 17.13 percents patients were treated after be diagnosed 10-15 years later.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Most patients were infectived with hepatitis C by transfusing blood or blood products. Most patients were diagnosed after be infectived more than 15 years later. Almost half of patients were treated after be diagnosed more than 5 years later, and a significant portion of percents patients were treated after be diagnosed more than 10 years later.
authors.affiliation: Guangzhou Eighth Municipal People's Hospital, Guangzhou 510060, China. xumindoctor@163.net
authors.forename: Min
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Hai-yan
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Wei-ping
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D016174:Hepacivirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents