A case report of hepatitis B carriage in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis improving following infliximab treatment and a review of the literature

ÇAPKIN, ERHAN; KARKUCAK, MURAT; Yilmaz, Guerdal; AYDIN, Kemalettin; TOSUN, Mehmet

doi:10.3233/bmr-2007-202-310

A case report of hepatitis B carriage in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis improving following infliximab treatment and a review of the literature

ÇAPKIN E., KARKUCAK M., Yilmaz G., AYDIN K., TOSUN M.

JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION, cilt.20, ss.123-125, 2007 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
Cilt numarası: 20
Basım Tarihi: 2007
Doi Numarası: 10.3233/bmr-2007-202-310
Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BACK AND MUSCULOSKELETAL REHABILITATION
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.123-125
Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a systemic, chronic and inflammatory disease of uncertain etiology particularly affecting the spine and sacroiliac joints. At present, biological agents are used in cases resistant to treatment. However, there are safety problems regarding the use of these agents in patients with chronic viral hepatitis. We report a case monitored with a diagnosis of AS whose inactive HBV (hepatitis B virus) carrier state improved with antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNF) treatment (infliximab).