Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation (Jan 2013)

Pre-emptive treatment of Hepatitis B infection by lamivudine in two tunisian renal transplant recipients

  • Kais Harzallah,
  • Wafa Haddad,
  • Mondher Haloues,
  • Imene El Kossai,
  • Nabil Ben Romdhane,
  • Hatem Ben Abdallah,
  • Riadh Bouali,
  • Mohamed Nabil Abdelli,
  • Jalel Hmida,
  • Jamel Manaa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/1319-2442.121281
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 6
pp. 1195 – 1198

Abstract

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Infection with hepatitis B virus has a major implication for transplant recipients due to the risk of reactivation under immunosuppression, progression to chronic liver disease, development of liver cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. We report two cases of renal transplantation patients who were hepatitis B surface antigen positive before transplantation and were treated by Lamivudine.