Hepatitis B virus infection in hemodialysis patients
Xie, Z.
Zhonghua Liu Xing Bing Xue Za Zhi 13(1): 12-15
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0254-6450 PMID: 1581949 Document Number: 398426
Hepatitis B virus infection in 199 patients undergone hemodialysis was compared with that in patients with chronic kidney diseases, patients received blood-transfusion and general medical patients. Of 199 hemodialysis patients, 60 were followed up for over one years. It was found the prevalence of HBV markers (previous and current infection) in these patients was 78.4%, that in the blood-transfused patients 76.5%, in the non-transfused general medical patients, 60.0% and in the patients with chronic kidney diseases 62.2%. The HBV prevalence in 60 followed up hemodialysis patients was increasing with the duration of hemodialysis. Analysis indicates that blood-transfusion is the main cause of HBV infection in the hemodialysis patients.