A rare Bombay (Oh) phenotype to 'A' blood group - Live donor liver transplant.

Bombay (Oh) phenotype is the rarest blood group in India characterized by the absence of A, B, and H antigens and the presence of anti-H antibodies besides anti-A and anti-B. There is no literature predicting the safety of Oh blood group organ donation to non-Oh blood group recipient. We present the first reported case of successful live donor liver transplantation from an Oh-positive liver donor to an A-positive blood group recipient with hepatitis B virus-related chronic liver disease.

Treatment of patients with genotype 3 chronic hepatitis C--current and future therapies.

Genotype 3 is a common type of HCV infection, and standard therapy using pegylated interferon (PEG-IFN) and ribavirin (RBV) is quite effective in these patients. While a short course of 16 weeks may result in comparable end of therapy responses, relapse rates are often high. A 24-week course is therefore preferable, and is expected to result in sustained virological response (SVR) rates of more than 70%.