Liver injury is independently associated with adverse clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19

TCF Yip, GCY Lui, VWS Wong, VCY Chow, THY Ho… - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Data on serial liver biochemistries of patients infected by different human
coronaviruses (HCoVs) are lacking. The impact of liver injury on adverse clinical outcomes …

Risk of drug‐induced liver injury in chronic hepatitis B and tuberculosis co‐infection: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

C Chou, N Veracruz, AS Chitnis… - Journal of Viral …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Patients with tuberculosis (TB) disease treated with multi‐drug regimens are at risk of
developing drug induced liver injury (DILI), and DILI risk might be even higher in patients …

Global prevalence of hepatitis B or hepatitis C infection among patients with tuberculosis disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

ID Olaru, MB Meier, F Mirzayev, N Prodanovic… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background There is a substantial overlap in the epidemiology of chronic hepatitis B (HBV),
hepatitis C (HCV) and tuberculosis (TB) due to overlapping risk factors. Testing for viral …

Current and past infections of HBV do not increase mortality in patients with COVID‐19

TCF Yip, VWS Wong, GCY Lui, VCY Chow… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Aims We compared risk of acute liver injury and mortality in patients with
COVID‐19 and current, past, and no HBV infection. Approach and Results This was a …

Significantly lower case-fatality ratio of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Hong Kong—a territory-wide cohort …

GCY Lui, TCF Yip, VWS Wong… - Clinical Infectious …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background The case-fatality ratios (CFR) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) appeared to differ substantially. We aimed to …

Risks of AKI and major adverse clinical outcomes in patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome or coronavirus disease 2019

JYC Teoh, TCF Yip, GCY Lui, VWS Wong… - Journal of the …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) are closely related. The effect of AKI on the clinical outcomes of these two …

SARS-CoV-2 viral persistence based on cycle threshold value and liver injury in patients with COVID-19

GLH Wong, TCF Yip, VWS Wong, YK Tse… - Open Forum …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background Liver injury in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is common
and prognostic. Direct viral tropism of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Epidemiology and prevention of tuberculosis and chronic hepatitis B virus infection in the United States

AS Chitnis, R Cheung, RG Gish, RJ Wong - Journal of Immigrant and …, 2021 - Springer
Tuberculosis (TB) and chronic hepatitis B virus (CHB) infection can be prevented with
treatment and vaccination, respectively. We reviewed epidemiology and guidelines for TB …

Chapter 10: Treatment of active tuberculosis in special populations

R Cooper, S Houston, C Hughes… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
• Adverse events and treatment interruption are more common in these special populations;
close monitoring and additional support is often needed.• Given alterations in TB-drug …

Prevalence of hepatitis B virus and latent tuberculosis coinfection in the United States

RJ Wong, HW Kaufman, JK Niles… - Journal of Public …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To evaluate patterns of HBV and LTBI testing and prevalence of HBV-LTBI
coinfection in the United States. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Quest …