Hepatitis B reactivation despite entecavir prophylaxis in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukaemia receiving bendamustine

J Antimicrob Chemother. 2012 Feb;67(2):510-1. doi: 10.1093/jac/dkr486. Epub 2011 Nov 22.

Authors

Angela Rago, Lorenzo Ridola, Miriam Lichtner, Sergio Mecarocci, Raffaella Marocco, Natalia Cenfra, Valeria Belvisi, Claudio M Mastroianni, Giuseppe Cimino

PMID: 22110085
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkr486

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage
Antiviral Agents / administration & dosage*
Bendamustine Hydrochloride
Chemoprevention / methods*
DNA, Viral / blood
Guanine / administration & dosage
Guanine / analogs & derivatives*
Hepatitis B / prevention & control*
Hepatitis B / virology
Hepatitis B virus / isolation & purification*
Humans
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / complications*
Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell / drug therapy
Nitrogen Mustard Compounds / administration & dosage
Virus Activation*

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
DNA, Viral
Nitrogen Mustard Compounds
entecavir
Guanine
Bendamustine Hydrochloride