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- Title
Transient reactivation of occult hepatitis B virus infection despite lamivudine prophylaxis in a patient treated for non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
- Authors
Tonziello, Gilda; Pisaturo, Marintonietta; Sica, Antonello; Ferrara, Maria Giovanna; Sagnelli, Caterina; Pasquale, Giuseppe; Sagnelli, Evangelista; Guastafierro, Salvatore; Coppola, Nicola
- Abstract
A female patient with non-Hodgkin lymphoma who tested positive for surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus and negative for hepatitis B core antibody experienced a reactivation of occult HBV infection 20 months after rituximab discontinuation despite lamivudine prophylaxis covering the 4 months of rituximab administration and the subsequent 12 months.
- Publication
Infection, 2013, Vol 41, Issue 1, p225
- ISSN
1439-0973
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s15010-012-0305-y