title: Pregnancy during lamivudine therapy in chronic hepatitis B--case report.
abstract: In case of a pregnancy in a patient infected with hepatitis B virus there is a risk of intrauterine fetus infection, which rises significantly with the serological profile of positive hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis Be antigen and in the presence of HBV DNA in serum. Therefore, in clinical practice the monitoring of antiviral therapy in chronic hepatitis B in women of reproductive age is becoming especially important. The safety of lamivudine use in pregnant women infected with hepatitis B virus has not yet been proven. In this case, the patient became pregnant during the treatment with lamivudine and when hepatitis B virus replication markers were present in the serum (hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis Be antigen, hepatitis B virus DNA). Treatment with lamivudine lasted through the first 6 weeks of pregnancy, which was complicated by a possibility of intrauterine hepatitis B virus infection, did not cause any fetus injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Skubiszewski Medical University of Lublin.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fota-Markowska
authors.forename: Roma
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Modrzewska
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Borowicz
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiciak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D019694:Hepatitis B, Chronic / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D019259:Lamivudine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000998:Antiviral Agents; D019259:Lamivudine