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De novo acute hepatitis B infection in a previously vaccinated liver transplant recipient due to a strain of HBV with a Met 133 Thr mutation in the "a" determinant.
Liver - 1 Oct 2000
Yoshida E M, Ramji A, Erb S R, Davis J E, Steinbrecher U P, Sherlock C H, Scudamore C H, Chung S W, Williams M, Gutfreund K S
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: De novo HBV infection post-liver transplantation (LT) from an anti-HBc seropositive donor rarely presents as acute failure. We report a 42-year-old Caucasian female, HBsAg and anti-HBc seronegative, with primary biliary cirrhosis who received an allograft from a HBsAg negative, anti-HBc seropositive donor. The patient, previously vaccinated years pre-LT, was re-vaccinated against HBV and 1 year...
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