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Table 1 Patient diagnostic history

From: A case of a patient infected with a hepatitis C virus genotype 3a multidrug resistant variant in Pakistan

Diagnostic tests

Method

Results

Date/Year

HCV

Qualitative PCRa

Detectable RNA

2003

HCV

Qualitative PCR

Detectable RNA

12–03-2008

Ultrasound

Ultrasound (liver)

Liver is normal shape, size and echotexture, mild fatty liver

2009

HCV

Qualitative PCR

Detectable RNA

06–05-2011

HCV

Qualitative PCR

Detectable RNA

12–12-2011

Ultrasound

Ultrasound (liver)

Liver is normal size, shape and echotexture, no focal lesion, mild fatty liver

23–12-2011

HCV

Qualitative PCR

Non-Detectable

18–04-2012

HCV

PCR Genotyping

Un-typable

24–4- 2012

Liver enzymes

ALT (NR 10–50)

40 IU

8–7-2013

HCV

Quantitative PCR

Detectable RNA 77874 IU/ml

21–5-2014

HCV

PCR Genotyping

Un-typable

27–6-2014

Liver enzymes

ALT (NR 10–50)

36 IU

18–09-2015

Liver enzymes

ALT (NR 10–50)

27 IU

14–12-2015

HCV

Qualitative PCR

Detectable RNA

23–4-2016

Ultrasound

Ultrasound (liver)

Liver is normal size, shape and echotexture, no focal lesion

8–05–2016

HCV

PCR Genotyping

Untypable

28–5-2016

HCV

PCR Genotyping

3a

11–8-2016

HCV

Quantitative PCR

Detectable RNA 5.2 × 105 IU/ml

11–8-2016

  1. Abbreviations: HCV hepatitis C virus, PCR polymerase chain reaction, ALT alanine aminotransferase, NR normal range
  2. aThere was no trend of prescribing quantitative PCR before treatment in Pakistan