Infectious Disease

General Hepatology

Questions discussed in this category

What additional workup would you recommend for a patient with a liver abscess caused by Fusobacterium and Aggregatibacter, who has had unrevealing endoscopies and no other abdominal masses on a CT scan?

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How do people approach non-HIV patients with hepatitis B, a negative Hepatitis B E antigen, normal LFTs and relatively low HBV DNA between 2000-20000?

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Is there a risk of hepatitis C activation with rituximab in a patient who has a history of HCV treated with antivirals and who is in sustained viral response?

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How long do you treat an isolated bacterial liver abscess which has either undergone percutaneous drainage or for which an indwelling drain is placed?

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How do you manage patients who are Hepatitis B core antibody positive/surface antigen negative and starting a biologic DMARD (other than rituximab)?

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Papers discussed in this category

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2016 Jan

2015 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Lancet (London, England), 2013-02-09

Regression of cirrhosis during treatment with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for chronic hepatitis B: a 5-year open-label follow-up study.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2018 Apr

Update on prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: AASLD 2018 hepatitis B guidance.

Clinics in liver disease, 2023 Jul 27

Chronic Hepatitis B: Treat all Who Are Viremic?

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