Background: In times of limited organs for transplantation, anti-HBc positive organs can be accepted for lung transplantation to increase the number of donors. Transplant recipients should be vaccinated against hepatitis B to prevent HBV infection. However, response after HBV vaccination has only been poorly evaluated in patients with end-stage pulmonary disease. Material/Methods: Anti-HBs titers of 40 anti-HBc negative patients with end-stage pulmonary disease evaluated for lung transplantation were analyzed with the Architect® system (Abbott, Germany). Responders, partial responders, or non-responders after HBV vaccination were defined by anti-HBs titers >100 IU/L, 10–100 IU/L, and <10 IU/L, respectively. Results: There were 34/40 individuals (85%) vaccinated against hepatitis B, and 6 were not vaccinated. Response, partial response, and non-response after vaccination were observed in 10/34 (29.4%), 11/34 (32.4%), and 13/34 (38.2%) of patients, respectively. Response to vaccination did not correlate with sex, pulmonary disease, comorbidities, immunosuppressive therapy, or smoking status. Conclusions: Although 85% of patients evaluated for lung transplantation were vaccinated against hepatitis B, 38.2% did not show an anti-HBs titer >10 IU/L. Thus, anti-HBs titers should be regularly monitored. Nonresponders should be considered for booster vaccinations, alternative vaccination schedules, or prophylactic treatment with a nucleos(t)ide analogue in case of transplantation of an anti-HBc–positive organ.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:14791 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Wald, Alexandra, Deterding, Lea, Maier, Melanie, Liebert, Uwe G., Berg, Thomas, Wirtz, Hubert, Wiegand, Johannes |
| Contributors | Universität Leipzig |
| Publisher | International Scientific Information |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Source | Ann Transplant, 2016; 21: 368-372 doi: 10.12659/AOT.897624 |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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