Table 1.

Clinical and virologic characteristics of 137 patients who underwent autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation

CharacteristicValues
Sex: M/F 72 (53)/65 (47)  
Median age, y (range) 37  (1-67) 
Transplantation ALT  
 Elevated 6  (4) 
 Normal 131  (96)  
Pretransplant hepatitis serologic results  
 HBsAg positive 23  (17)  
 HBeAg positive 4  (3)  
 HBeAb positive 19  (14)  
 HBV DNA positive on Digene assay 10  (7)  
 HBsAg, HBsAb, and HBcAb negative 77  (56)  
 Precore A1896 variants alone present 2  (1)  
 BCP T1762/A1764variant alone present 3  (2)  
 Both A1896 and T1762/A1764 variants present 3  (2) 
 Anti-HBs positive/anti-HBc positive 37/28  (27/20)  
 HBV DNA positive by PCR 41  (30)  
 HBV genotype B/HBV genotype C 22/18  (16/13)  
 Anti-HCV positive 1  (1)  
Underlying disease  
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 60  (44)  
 Breast cancer 18  (13)  
 Multiple myeloma 17  (12)  
 Hodgkin lymphoma 11  (8)  
 Other 31  (23) 
CharacteristicValues
Sex: M/F 72 (53)/65 (47)  
Median age, y (range) 37  (1-67) 
Transplantation ALT  
 Elevated 6  (4) 
 Normal 131  (96)  
Pretransplant hepatitis serologic results  
 HBsAg positive 23  (17)  
 HBeAg positive 4  (3)  
 HBeAb positive 19  (14)  
 HBV DNA positive on Digene assay 10  (7)  
 HBsAg, HBsAb, and HBcAb negative 77  (56)  
 Precore A1896 variants alone present 2  (1)  
 BCP T1762/A1764variant alone present 3  (2)  
 Both A1896 and T1762/A1764 variants present 3  (2) 
 Anti-HBs positive/anti-HBc positive 37/28  (27/20)  
 HBV DNA positive by PCR 41  (30)  
 HBV genotype B/HBV genotype C 22/18  (16/13)  
 Anti-HCV positive 1  (1)  
Underlying disease  
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 60  (44)  
 Breast cancer 18  (13)  
 Multiple myeloma 17  (12)  
 Hodgkin lymphoma 11  (8)  
 Other 31  (23) 

Values are numbers (%) of patients unless otherwise specified.

ALT indicates alanine aminotransferase; HBsAg, hepatitis B (HB) surface antigen; HBeAg, HB e antigen; HBeAb, HB e antibody; HBV, HB virus; HBsAb, HB surface antibody; HBcAb, HB core antibody; BCP, basic core promoter; HBs, HB surface; HBc, HB core; PCR, polymerase chain reaction; and HCV, hepatitis C.

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