Fulminant hepatitis B in an infant born to a hepatitis Be antibody positive, DNA negative carrier.
(1991) Archives of Disease in Childhood — Vol. 66, n° 8, p. 983-985 (1991)
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- A boy was born to a mother who was a chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) carrier. She was hepatitis Be (HBe) antibody positive and HBe antigen and HBV-DNA negative. The boy had not received hepatitis B vaccine and died from fulminant hepatitis at 3 months of age. This case demonstrates the need to vaccinate babies of HBe antibody positive, HBe antigen negative carriers.
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Vanclaire, J., Cornu, C., & Sokal, E. (1991). Fulminant hepatitis B in an infant born to a hepatitis Be antibody positive, DNA negative carrier. Archives of Disease in Childhood, 66(8), 983-985. https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.66.8.983 (Original work published 1991)