[Clinical case of the month. Hepatitis B reactivation in an Ag HBs negative patient].
A 66-year-old man, Ag HBs negative, suffering from glomerulonephritis was treated with prednisone. Hepatitis B reactivation was observed after increasing and regression of corticotherapy. Pathogenesis, efficient therapy and prevention of reactivation of hepatitis B will be reviewed.
Michels
V
V
Service de Gastroentérologie, Les Cliniques Saint-Joseph, Liège, Belgique.
Bastens
B
B
Delforge
M
M
Demoulin
J C
JC
Sente
J M
JM
Plomteux
O
O
Dupont
P
P
Fontaine
F
F
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D005921:Glomerulonephritis / Q000188:drug therapy; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000097:blood* / Q000187:drug effects; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D019259:Lamivudine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014775:Virus Activation / Q000276:immunology*
D000305:Adrenal Cortex Hormones; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D018894:Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors; D019259:Lamivudine