Hepatitis with isolated serum antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. A variant of non-A, non-B hepatitis?

Abstract:

:Antibody to hepatitis B core antigen (anti-HBc) has previously been recognized to be a sensitive marker of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. In addition, anti-HBc has recently been suggested to be a surrogate marker for non-A, non-B hepatitis agents in donated blood. The authors studied prospectively the HBV antigen and antibody status in four patients with chronic hepatitis and persistent presence of isolated anti-HBc in their sera. The serologic and histopathologic findings of these four patients were compared with those of three groups of patients having chronic hepatitis with or without HBV markers. A low concentration of serum HBV DNA was detected in only one of the four patients with hepatitis with isolated anti-HBc and in another patient with previous HBV infection. HBV antigens and HBV DNA were not detected in the sera and liver biopsies from the remaining patients with hepatitis with isolated anti-HBc and other patients with hepatitis with or without serologic markers of previous hepatitis A or HBV infection. In contrast, all patients with chronic HBV-associated hepatitis had detectable HBV DNA, hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), and hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) in their sera and/or liver biopsies. These findings suggest that chronic hepatitis associated with isolated anti-HBc is a heterogenous pathologic entity. The condition of some of these patients may represent a variant of non-A, non-B hepatitis, whereas the remaining patients are chronic hepatitis B carriers with low serum concentrations of HBV.

journal_name

Am J Clin Pathol

authors

Lai KN,Lai FM,Leung NW,Lo ST,Tam JS

doi

10.1093/ajcp/93.1.79

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1990-01-01 00:00:00

pages

79-83

issue

1

eissn

0002-9173

issn

1943-7722

journal_volume

93

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