The influence of hepatitis B infection on the outcome of renal allotransplantation
Flagg, G.L.; Silberman, H.; Takamoto, S.K.; Berne, T.V.
Transplantation Proceedings 19(1 Part 3): 2155-2158
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-1345 PMID: 3547916 Document Number: 286351
Renal allograft and patient survival and liver function abnormalities were studied in a group of HBsAg-negative and -positive recipients. Thirty-five patients were positive, and 20 patients became antigenemic prior to transplantation. Two hundred twenty-four patients were HBsAg-negative. No difference in patient or graft survival was found between patients with hepatitis B antigenemia and antigen-negative cadaver allograft recipients. The incidence of significant hepatic disease was low in comparison with several recently published reports. It is concluded that hepatitis B antigenemia is not an absolute contraindication to transplantation.