Kuo Shu-Chen, Lee Hui-Ting, Chen Wei-Sheng, Chou Chung-Tei, Tsai Chang-Youh
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Division of Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology, 201 Shih-Pai Road Section 2, Taipei, 112, Taiwan, Province of China.
BMJ Case Rep. 2009;2009. doi: 10.1136/bcr.09.2008.0873. Epub 2009 Mar 17.
To report a hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation during the treatment of etanercept for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).The chronological course of a patient with RA who developed HBV reactivation associated with etanercept treatment was recorded.A Taiwanese woman with RA was treated by etanercept. A severe deterioration of liver biochemistry occurred soon after the start of the biologicals because of the previously unrecognised HBV carrier status. The condition was successfully alleviated by oral lamivudine administration.In the prevalent area of HBV, viral titre monitoring and pre-emptive antiviral treatment may be fundamentally important to avoid serious complications of HBV reactivation whenever a new treatment modality such as biologicals is started for patients with RA.
报告类风湿关节炎(RA)患者在使用依那西普治疗期间发生的乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)再激活。记录了一名发生与依那西普治疗相关的HBV再激活的RA患者的病程。一名患有RA的台湾女性接受了依那西普治疗。由于先前未识别的HBV携带者状态,在开始使用生物制剂后不久,肝脏生化指标严重恶化。通过口服拉米夫定治疗,病情成功缓解。在HBV流行地区,对于开始使用生物制剂等新治疗方式的RA患者,监测病毒载量和进行预防性抗病毒治疗对于避免HBV再激活的严重并发症可能至关重要。