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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-11-29
pubmed:abstractText
Hepatitis B virus (HBV)-infected individuals are occasionally used as donors for bone marrow transplantation (BMT). We studied the rate of HBV infection and the clinical expression of the associated liver disease in patients receiving marrow from HBsAg+ donors. We performed a retrospective survey in 14 BMT units in Italy in which all BMTs performed between 1984 and 1994 were reviewed and those involving HBsAg+ donors were identified. Donors and recipients were analyzed for HBV markers and liver disease. A total of 24 of 2,586 patients (0.9%) had received an HBsAg+ marrow. HBsAg became detectable in 22% of pre-BMT HBsAg- patients, but only 5.5% became chronic HBsAg carriers. Antigenemia developed more frequently in anti-HBs- compared with anti-HBs+ patients independently of passive prophylaxis with hyperimmune anti-HBs Ig, although the difference was not significant. Severe liver failure with death occurred in 21% of patients, which was a value greater than that generally observed after BMT in our units (3.7%). Patients with an anti-HBe+ donor had higher frequency of liver failure (28% v 0%) and alanine aminotransferase peaks as compared with those of patients with an HBeAg+ donor. Liver failure was not observed in anti-HBs+ recipients. The use of HBsAg+ donors, particularly if anti-HBe+, increases the risk of severe liver disease in BMT recipients. Anti-HBs positivity may prevent severe liver damage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
86
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3236-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Anemia, Aplastic, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Biological Markers, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Bone Marrow Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Child, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Hepatitis B, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Hepatitis B Surface Antigens, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Immunocompromised Host, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Immunosuppression, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Incidence, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Italy, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Liver Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Liver Failure, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:7579420-beta-Thalassemia
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation from HBsAg+ donors: a multicenter study from the Gruppo Italiano Trapianto di Midollo Osseo (GITMO).
pubmed:affiliation
Clinica Pediatrica Università di Milano, Division of Ematologia Pediatrica, Ospedale S. Gerardo, Monza, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study