Table 1.
Virologic and clinical outcomes of hepatitis B virus infection in patients with inflammatory bowel disease undergoing immunosuppressive therapy
| Ref. | Disease | Age/sex | HBsAg status | HBV-DNA before therapy | Anti-TNFα | Contemporary drugs | LAM prophylaxis | HBV-DNA reactivation | Biochemical reactivation |
| Esteve et al[66] | CD | 34 M | + IC | NA | IFX | AZT | No | Yes | ALT 2089 |
| 10.400 pg/mL | AST 1561 | ||||||||
| CD | 38 M | + IC | NA | IFX | AZT | No | Yes | ALT 2225 | |
| 9000 pg/mL | AST 2146 | ||||||||
| CD | 26 M | + CH | Positive | IFX | AZT | Yes | No | No | |
| del Valle et al[61] | CD | 40 M | + CH | Positive | IFX | AZT | No | No worsening | No |
| 3.9 × 105 copies/mm3 | |||||||||
| Ueno et al[64] | CD | 28 F | + IC | NA | IFX | AZT | No | Yes | ALT 43 |
| 4.5 LEG/mL | AST 64 | ||||||||
| Millonig et al[12] | CD | 50 M | + IC | Positive | IFX | AZT | No | Yes | ALT 983/50 |
| 20 IU/mL | 38000000 UI/mL | AST 413/50 | |||||||
| Colbert et al[10] | CD | 54 M | + IC | NA | IFX | AZT | No | Yes | ALT 124 |
| 1.604 pg/mL | AST 143 | ||||||||
| Madonia et al[13] | CD | 41 F | - OC | NA | IFX | Steroids | No | Yes | ALT × 10 UNL |
| AST × 6 UNL | |||||||||
| Ojiro et al[63] | CD | 43 F | + IC | NA | IFX | AZT | No | Yes | ALT 239 |
| 5.4 LGE/mL | AST 145 | ||||||||
| Zeitz et al[11] | UC | 43 M | NA | NA | Steroids + AZT | No | Yes | ALT 3396 | |
| 110000000 UI/mL | AST 2193 |
CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: Ulcerative Colitis; IC: Inactive carrier; OC: Occult carrier; NA: Not available; CH: Chronic hepatitis; IFX: Infliximab; AZT: Azathioprine; LGE: Logarithm genome equivalent; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; HBsAg: Hepatitis B surface antigen; HBV: Hepatitis B virus; TNFα: Tumor necrosis factor alpha; LAM: Lipoarabinomannan.