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Fulminant hepatitis B and acute hepatitis B due to intrafamilial transmission of HBV after chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in an HBV carrier.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Feb 2010
Aomatsu Tomoki, Komatsu Haruki, Yoden Atsushi, Hosomi Akiko, Miyazaki Hiroshi, Sogo Tsuyoshi, Inui Ayano, Fujisawa Tomoo, Tamai Hiroshi
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation after chemotherapy has been investigated, but little is known about the risk of horizontal transmission from an immunocompromised host with HBV reactivation. We treated two children with fulminant hepatitis B and acute hepatitis B, respectively, whose grandmother, an HBV carrier, had been undergoing rituximab plus cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, and prednisone...
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