Vaccination and transient hepatitis B surface antigenemia
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Vaccination and transient hepatitis B surface antigenemia
Hepatitis B vaccination is mandatory for all hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-negative hemodialysis (HD) patients with low hepatitis B surface antibody titers. We report a case of transient hepatitis B surface antigenemia, detected incidentally, in an HD patient after the second dose of Hepatitis B vaccine. The patient had to be isolated on a separate HD machine, in a separate room, until fu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Kidney Journal
سال: 2011
ISSN: 2048-8505,2048-8513
DOI: 10.1093/ndtplus/sfr027