Hepatitis B

Questions discussed in this category

How would you manage a patient with well controlled HIV on Biktarvy, who is interested in switching to injectable HAART but also has a history of a prior Hepatitis B Infection?

2 Answers available

How would you approach initiating belimumab in a patient with serologic evidence of prior hepatitis B infection?

Such as patients with negative Hepatitis B surface antigen and negative viral load but with positive hepatitis b core antibody.

1 Answer available

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

1 Answer available

Should patients be screened for hepatitis B/C prior to starting a conventional synthetic DMARD such as methotrexate?

1 Answer available

Papers discussed in this category

Semin. Arthritis Rheum., 2020 Mar 19

RISE registry reveals potential gaps in medication safety for new users of biologics and targeted synthetic DMARDs.

Arthritis Rheumatol, 2016 Jan

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

The New England journal of medicine, 1987-03-05

Accelerated loss of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen among immunodeficient homosexual men infected with HIV.

Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 2018 Apr

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

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 2020 Dec 31

Global Burden of Hepatitis B Infection in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Journal of viral hepatitis, 2019 Dec 22

Prevalence and burden of HBV co-infection among people living with HIV: A global systematic review and meta-analysis.

Topics in antiviral medicine, 2023 Mar 31

Chronic hepatitis B and HIV coinfection.

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999), 2023 Oct 01

Brief Report: Hepatitis B Infection or Reactivation After Switch to 2-Drug Antiretroviral Therapy: A Case Series, Literature Review, and Management Discussion.

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