Publications by authors named "Esam Elsawy"
Background: The impact of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on long-term patient and renal graft survival is controversial.
Methods: We prospectively followed up for approximately 9 years 133 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative successive renal transplant recipients for whom HCV RNA polymerase chain reaction (PCR) results were available before transplantation. We compared graft and patient survival rates and causes of death and graft failure in PCR-positive and PCR-negative transplant recipients.