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Table 1 Timeline of the patient

From: Long-term familial Mediterranean fever remission on successful hepatitis C virus treatment in a patient not responding to colchicine: a case report

Date

Event

2007

Diagnosed with FMF, started taking colchicine

2007–2014

Taking colchicine 2 mg/day, attacks continued

2013 September

Diagnosed with chronic HCV infection, genotype 3, F0, and Helicobacter pylori infection

2013 September to 2014 January

Received two subsequent courses of Helicobacter pylori eradication; eradication confirmed. Reported some attenuation but not resolution of attacks

2014 March to August

Received 24 weeks of treatment with interferon+ribavirin, continued colchicine. Reported resolution of FMF attacks

2014 March to 2015 August

Complete resolution of FMF attacks while on same colchicine therapy

2015 August

48-week SVR documented (HCV virological cure)

2015 August to 2017 August

Complete resolution of FMF attacks and normalization of laboratory markers on inflammation while on same colchicine therapy

  1. FMF familial Mediterranean fever, HCV hepatitis C virus, SVR sustained virological response