Hiroki Kaneko, Yoshinori Ozono, Hisayoshi Iwakiri, Hiroshi Hatada, Naomi Uchiyama, Yuri Komaki, Kenichi Nakamura, Satoru Hasuike, Kenji Nagata, Hiroshi Kawakami
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reactivation has been reported to be caused due to several anticancer drugs and immunosuppressive agents; however, HCV reactivation after steroid monotherapy has rarely been reported. Here, we report the case of a 65-year-old Japanese man with HCV infection who developed HCV reactivation after the administration of prednisolone (PSL) for 6 days for sudden deafness. In the patient history, the positivity for anti-HCV antibody was observed, but serum level of HCV RNA was not measured...
April 8, 2024: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology