Uhm Ji Eun, Kim Kihyun, Lim Tae Kyu, Park Byeong-Bae, Park Sarah, Hong Yong Sang, Lee Sang Cheol, Hwang In Gyu, Koh Kwang Cheol, Lee Mark H, Ahn Jin Seok, Kim Won Seog, Jung Chul Won, Kang Won Ki
Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 50 Ilwon-dong Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-710, Korea.
Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 Apr;13(4):463-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bbmt.2006.11.019.
Korea is an endemic area for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Reactivation of HBV is a well-recognized complication in patients with chronic HBV infection undergoing cytotoxic or immunosuppressive therapy, and there are some reports of hepatitis B reverse seroconversion after HSCT. This study evaluated changes in HBV serology after HSCT. We reviewed the medical records of 141 patients who had available HBV serologic data after autologous HSCT. Patient information was retrospectively collected from the BMT database. Before transplantation, 12 patients were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) and received lamivudine prophylaxis. There was 1 case of reactivation of HBV among these patients. One hundred twenty-nine patients were negative for HBsAg before HSCT, of whom 110 were positive and 19 were negative for hepatitis B surface antibody (anti-HBs). Sixty-two of the 110 patients who were positive for anti-HBs were also positive for hepatitis B core antibody (anti-HBc). Eight patients were negative for anti-HBs and anti-HBc. Seven patients who were initially negative for HBsAg were identified as positive after HSCT, and 5 of those 7 patients developed acute hepatitis, thus indicating reverse seroconversion. Univariate analysis showed that reverse seroconversions were observed more frequently with multiple myeloma than another disease (P = .005; relative risk, 11.854; 95% confidence interval, 1.381-101.770). Other factors, such as age, sex, and presence of HBcAb before HSCT, had no statistically significant affect on reverse seroconversion. In conclusion, reverse seroconversion of HBV is not a rare complication of autologous HSCT, and the risk of reverse seroconversion after treatment is a serious concern due to possible complications arising from patients' suppressed immune systems.
韩国是乙肝病毒(HBV)感染的流行地区。HBV再激活是接受细胞毒性或免疫抑制治疗的慢性HBV感染患者中一种公认的并发症,并且有一些关于异基因造血干细胞移植(HSCT)后乙肝血清学逆转的报道。本研究评估了HSCT后HBV血清学的变化。我们回顾了141例自体HSCT后有可用HBV血清学数据的患者的病历。患者信息是从骨髓移植数据库中回顾性收集的。移植前,12例患者乙肝表面抗原(HBsAg)阳性并接受拉米夫定预防。这些患者中有1例HBV再激活。129例患者HSCT前HBsAg阴性,其中110例乙肝表面抗体(抗-HBs)阳性,19例阴性。110例抗-HBs阳性的患者中有62例乙肝核心抗体(抗-HBc)也阳性。8例患者抗-HBs和抗-HBc均阴性。7例最初HBsAg阴性的患者在HSCT后被确定为阳性,其中5例发生急性肝炎,提示血清学逆转。单因素分析显示,与其他疾病相比,多发性骨髓瘤患者血清学逆转的发生率更高(P = .005;相对风险,11.854;95%置信区间,1.381 - 101.770)。其他因素,如年龄、性别和HSCT前抗-HBc的存在,对血清学逆转没有统计学上的显著影响。总之,HBV血清学逆转是自体HSCT并非罕见的并发症,由于患者免疫系统受抑制可能引发并发症,治疗后血清学逆转的风险是一个严重问题。