Closing the Knowledge Gap: Hepatitis B Reactivation in Immunosuppression
Author(s) -
Yassir Daghistani,
Fergus To,
Eric M. Yoshida,
Patrick Doyle,
Hin Hin Ko,
Mel Krajden,
Jason Kur,
Alnoor Ramji,
Kam Shojania,
Edward Tam,
John Wade,
G. D. F. Reid,
Siegfried R. Erb,
Mollie N. Carruthers
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
canadian journal of general internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2369-1778
pISSN - 1911-1606
DOI - 10.22374/cjgim.v14i2.293
Subject(s) - medicine , immunosuppression , rheumatology , hbsag , hepatitis b virus , hepatitis b , family medicine , intensive care medicine , immunology , virus
Background The usage of immunosuppressive medications (ISMs), and specifically disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs), in a wide range of internal medicine subspecialties, has increased the risk of hepatitis B virus reactivation (HBVr). We assessed the understanding of HBVr using a Canada-wide survey. C a n a d i a n J o u r n a l o f G e n e r a l I n t e r n a l M e d i c i n e 18 V o l u m e 1 4 , I s s u e 2 , 2 0 1 9 O r i g i n a l A r t i c l e
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