TITLE:
Occult Hepatitis B Flare-up after Chemotherapy Treatment in HBsAg Negative Patient
AUTHORS:
Shoaib Ahmad, Vu Le, Tauseef Ali
KEYWORDS:
Hepatitis B, Chemotherapy, Reactivation
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Clinical Medicine,
Vol.2 No.5,
November
28,
2011
ABSTRACT: Reactivation of Hepatitis B virus causing liver damage is a concern in patients with chronic HBV infections who receive immunosuppressive or cytotoxic treatments. HBV screening should be considered for all patients going to receive immunosuppressive regimens which have the potential to induce reactivation of HBV infection. We discuss here a case of occult Hepatitis B flare after chemotherapy in a patient who had negative acute hepatitis profile including HBsAg prior to therapy and baseline serum AST, ALT, INR, albumin, bilirubin and serum creatinine were within normal limits.