Table 2.

Characteristics of 137 patients treated with autologous hematopoietic cell transplantation and evaluated for hepatitis due to hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation, according to patients' HBV status

CharacteristicHBsAg positive (n = 23)Anti-HBs positive (n = 37)HBsAg or anti-HBs negative (n = 77)Total
(n = 137)
Sex: M/F 13/10 21/16 38/39 72/65  
Median age, y (range) 36.4 (14-56) 40.7 (18-64) 32.9 (1-67) 37.0 (1-67)  
Underlying disease     
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 15 20 25 60  
 Breast cancer 13 18  
 Multiple myeloma 11 17  
 Hodgkin lymphoma 11  
 Other 22 31 
Pretransplantation ALT     
 Elevated 
 Normal 20 37 74 131  
Hepatic events*     
 Total cases of hepatitis 13 (11) 5 (1) 14 (1) 32 (13) 
 Transient hepatitis 3 (2) 14 (1) 21 (3)  
 Persistent hepatitis 10 (9) 1 (1) 11 (10)  
 Anicteric hepatitis 5 (4) 5 (1) 11 (1) 21 (6)  
 Icteric hepatitis 3 (3) 6 (3)  
 Death due to hepatic failure 5 (4) 5 (4)  
Cause of hepatitis     
 HBV related 11 13 
 Sepsis 13  
 Unknown 
Veno-occlusive disease 18 
CharacteristicHBsAg positive (n = 23)Anti-HBs positive (n = 37)HBsAg or anti-HBs negative (n = 77)Total
(n = 137)
Sex: M/F 13/10 21/16 38/39 72/65  
Median age, y (range) 36.4 (14-56) 40.7 (18-64) 32.9 (1-67) 37.0 (1-67)  
Underlying disease     
 Non-Hodgkin lymphoma 15 20 25 60  
 Breast cancer 13 18  
 Multiple myeloma 11 17  
 Hodgkin lymphoma 11  
 Other 22 31 
Pretransplantation ALT     
 Elevated 
 Normal 20 37 74 131  
Hepatic events*     
 Total cases of hepatitis 13 (11) 5 (1) 14 (1) 32 (13) 
 Transient hepatitis 3 (2) 14 (1) 21 (3)  
 Persistent hepatitis 10 (9) 1 (1) 11 (10)  
 Anicteric hepatitis 5 (4) 5 (1) 11 (1) 21 (6)  
 Icteric hepatitis 3 (3) 6 (3)  
 Death due to hepatic failure 5 (4) 5 (4)  
Cause of hepatitis     
 HBV related 11 13 
 Sepsis 13  
 Unknown 
Veno-occlusive disease 18 

Values are numbers of patients unless otherwise indicated. For explanation of abbreviations, see Table 1.

*

Values in parentheses are numbers of events related to HBV.

There was 1 death due to HBV-related hepatic failure.

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