Immunosuppressive therapy and the risk of hepatitis B reactivation: Consensus report

Turk J Gastroenterol. 2018 May;29(3):259-269. doi: 10.5152/tjg.2018.18263.

Abstract

This consensus report includes expert opinions and recommendations regarding the screening, and if necessary, the follow-up, prophylaxis, and treatment of hepatitis B before the treatment in patients who will undergo immunosuppressive therapy due to an emergency risk of hepatitis B reactivation. To increase awareness regarding the risk of hepatitis B reactivation in immunosuppressive patients, academicians from several university health research and training centers across Turkey came together and discussed the importance of the subject, current status, and issues in accordance with the current literature data and presented solutions.

Publication types

  • Consensus Development Conference

MeSH terms

  • Antiviral Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Consensus
  • Hepatitis B / drug therapy*
  • Hepatitis B / immunology
  • Hepatitis B virus / drug effects*
  • Hepatitis B virus / physiology
  • Humans
  • Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Risk Factors
  • Turkey
  • Virus Activation / drug effects*
  • Virus Activation / immunology

Substances

  • Antiviral Agents
  • Immunosuppressive Agents