Publications by authors named "Chris Klecker"
The success of colonoscopy is mainly dependent on the effectiveness of prior bowel preparation (BP). Patients often consider BP to be the most burdensome part of colonoscopy, which might be a main barrier to the procedure. The aim of this study was to evaluate safety and effectiveness of colonic irrigation with a new colon hydrotherapy (CHT) device as an alternative to traditional oral BP.
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- CMV infection in ulcerative colitis patients is linked to poorer outcomes and longer recovery times.
- A study of 108 patients showed that those with positive CMV tests faced higher rates of surgery (proctocolectomy) and slower recovery to steroid-free remission.
- Overall, detecting CMV DNA in the colon of these patients indicates an increased likelihood of complications and delays in healing.
Background/aims: Hepatitis B e antigen-negative/hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA-positive chronic hepatitis B (CHBe-) exhibits a high relapse rate on monotherapy with lamivudine or interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha). We investigated, whether sequential therapy with famciclovir or lamivudine followed by combination with IFN-alpha-2a improves durable virologic response in CHBe- characterized by mutation analysis of the HBV precore genome region.
Methods: Fourteen patients were treated with famciclovir (n=3) or lamivudine for 4 weeks to reduce the viral load, and subsequently with the combination of the nucleoside analogue and IFN-alpha-2a until 16 weeks beyond the loss of serum HBV-DNA.