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- who: Juliette Besombes from the (UNIVERSITY) have published the paper: Acute hepatitis B virus infection despite vaccination in a patient treated by infliximab: a case report, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
SUMMARY
For non-immunized patients, vaccination against hepatitis B virus (HBV) is recommended before introduction of any immunosuppressive therapy. The authors describe a case of a likely acute HBV infection occurring in a patient with an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated by infliximab and vaccinated in childhood, years prior to his immunosuppressive treatment initiation. As only HBsAg and anti-HBs Ab had been . . .
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