Hepatitis B reactivation following treatment with abatacept in a patient with past hepatitis B virus infection

Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014 Jan;53(1):195-6. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket221. Epub 2013 Jun 14.

Authors

Antonis Fanouriakis¹, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Argyro Repa, Dimitrios T Boumpas, Prodromos Sidiropoulos

Affiliation

¹ Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology, and Allergy, University Hospital of Heraklion, Stavrakia Voutes, 71110, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. afanouriakis@edu.med.uoc.gr.

PMID: 23771951
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket221

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Abatacept
Aged
Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / complications
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
Female
Hepatitis B / complications
Hepatitis B / virology*
Hepatitis B virus / physiology*
Humans
Immunoconjugates / adverse effects*
Immunoconjugates / therapeutic use
Recurrence
Virus Activation / drug effects*

Substances

Antirheumatic Agents
Immunoconjugates
Abatacept