Antiviral combination therapy for lamivudine‐resistant hepatitis B reinfection after liver transplantation

Abstract Development of resistance is a major issue in antiviral treatment of hepatitis B reinfection after liver transplantation. Antiviral combination therapy is discussed for therapy or prevention of this breakthrough of viral replication. Eight patients were enrolled into this retrospective analysis after liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B infection. All had reinfection of the graft and breakthrough of HBV during consecutive famciclovir and lamivudine monotherapy. Subsequently a combination therapy with lamivudine and interferon‐α 2 a (group I, n = 4) or lamivudine and famciclovir (group II, n = 4) was initiated. Combination therapy was started 61 months (group I) and 25 months (group II) after liver transplantation. It markedly reduced the viral replication rate in all patients despite lamivudine resistance. In group I three of four patients and in group II two of four patients became HBV‐DNA negative. Two long‐term responders were observed in group I, and none in group II. No patient became HBsAg negative or lost HbeAg. Pretreatment elevated ALT and AST levels were significantly reduced. No severe complications, and especially no rejection episodes, occurred. Lamivudine in combination with other antiviral agents, especially interferon‐α, might be a therapeutic option for hepatitis B reinfection after liver transplantation. Suppression of virus replication to the point of undetectable values is possible even in patients with lamivudine‐resistant virus mutations.     

121例重型乙型肝炎肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒再感染的防治

目的 探讨重型乙型肝炎肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒(hepatitis B virus,HBV)再感染的防治.方法 回顾性分析了121例重型乙型肝炎患者,移植前后给予抗病毒药物预防乙型肝炎病毒再感染,拉米夫定 乙肝免疫球蛋白(HBIg)114例,阿德福韦 拉米夫定 HBIg 4例,恩替卡韦 HBIg 3例,观察临床症状、血清HBsAg、血清HBeAg、血清HBV DNA及肝活检免疫组织化学检测等指标.结果 用拉米夫定 HBIg预防的114例患者中,有4例出现再感染,表现为血清HBsAg阳性,肝活检免疫组织化学检测有HBsAg表达,其中3例经治疗后HBsAg转阴.用阿德福韦 拉米夫定 HBIg或恩替卡韦 HBIg预防的7例中,血清学和肝活检免疫组织化学检测均无HBsAg表达.结论 拉米夫定 HBIg、拉米夫定 阿德福韦 HBIg或恩替卡韦 HBIg的联合应用以及合理使用免疫抑制剂可以有效预防重型乙型肝炎患者移植术后乙型肝炎病毒的再感染.     

Preoperative antiviral treatment and postoperative prophylaxis in HBV-DNA positive patients undergoing liver transplantation.

BACKGROUND: Despite passive immunoprophylaxis a significant number of patients, especially if hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA is positive prior to transplantation, develop HBV recurrence. This number might be reduced by lowering viral replication pretransplant with antiviral agents and by postoperative combination of antiviral agents and passive immunoprophylaxis. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total of 74 HBV-DNA positive patients who underwent liver transplantation between 9/88 and 4/00 were analyzed retrospectively. Before lamivudine or famciclovir were available, in total 40 patients did not receive any preoperative antiviral therapy. Since 11/93, 17 patients were treated with famciclovir 1500 mg daily, after 4/96 17 patients with lamivudine 150 mg daily prior liver transplantation. Posttransplant all patients received passive immunoprophylaxis aiming at a titer of more than 100 U/liter. In the 34 patients with preoperative antiviral therapy an additional prophylaxis with the respective antiviral agent was applied. RESULTS: Under preoperative famciclovir and lamivudine 30 and 71% of patients became HBV-DNA negative, respectively. Actuarial reinfection rate 2 years after liver transplantation was 48% without antiviral prophylaxis, which was not statistically different from 55% under perioperative famciclovir therapy. In contrast only 18% developed HBV recurrence under perioperative lamivudine treatment. During both antiviral regimens neither pre nor posttransplant severe side effects were observed. CONCLUSION: Perioperative application of famciclovir is not recommendable, whereas lamivudine seems to lower recurrence rates significantly. Whether the observed effect is due to pre- or postoperative application remains to be addressed in further studies. In addition the long-term course has to be awaited.     

重型乙型肝炎肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒再感染的防治

目的探讨重型乙型肝炎肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)再感染的防治。方法回顾性分析了73例重型乙型肝炎患者,移植前后给予抗病毒药物预防乙型肝炎病毒再感染,拉米夫定 乙肝免疫球蛋白(HBIG)71例,阿德夫韦 拉米夫定 乙肝免疫球蛋白2例,观察临床表现、血清HBSAg、血清HBeAg、血清HBV DNA及肝活检免疫组织化学检测等指标。结果应用拉米夫定 HBIG预防的71例中,有2例再感染,血清HBSAg为阳性,肝活检免疫组织化学检测有HBSAg表达,其中1例血清HBV DNA阳性,另1例经治疗后HBSAg又转阴。用阿德夫韦 拉米夫定 HBIG预防的2例中,血清学和肝活检免疫组织化学检测均无HBSAg表达。结论拉米夫定 HBIG或拉米夫定 阿德夫韦 HBIG联合应用以及合理的使用免疫抑制剂可以有效预防重型乙型肝炎患者移植术后乙型肝炎病毒的再感染。     

Liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B infection with the use of combination lamivudine and low-dose hepatitis B immune globulin.

Current protocols for prophylaxis against allograft reinfection after liver transplantation for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection include the administration of large doses of hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG), with considerable associated economic costs. Monotherapeutic prophylaxis with lamivudine has been complicated by the development of resistant strains of HBV. We studied the effectiveness of a posttransplantation prophylaxis protocol using combination lamivudine and low-dose HBIG in 7 consecutive patients with chronic HBV infection, 4 of whom were serum HBV DNA positive before pretransplantation lamivudine therapy. All patients were serum HBV DNA negative at transplantation and received lamivudine, 100 mg/d, posttransplantation. HBIG, 2170 IU, was administered intramuscularly intraoperatively and daily for 14 days. Maintenance HBIG therapy consisted of 2170 IU intramuscularly twice weekly, tapered to every 2 to 4 weeks by 12 months posttransplantation. Target serum HBIG (HBV surface antibody) titers were less than 500 IU/L for 6 months, then greater than 300 IU/L until 12 months posttransplantation. Induction serum HBIG titers were determined daily in 5 patients, and both serum HBIG and hepatitis B surface antigen were determined every 4 weeks in all patients. One patient died 61 days posttransplantation; the surviving patients (n = 6) were followed up for a mean of 532 days (range, 395 to 648 days). No patient has developed allograft reinfection. In the induction period, a target HBIG titer of greater than 500 IU/L was not achieved until a mean of 6.8 days (range, 5 to 10 days). In the maintenance period, all patients achieved the target HBIG titer. This suggests combination lamivudine and low-dose HBIG is effective in preventing allograft reinfection by HBV.     

Seroconversion after the addition of famciclovir therapy in a child with hepatitis B virus infection after liver transplantation who developed lamivudine resistance

There is very little information about hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in children after liver transplantation. This is the first report of the addition of famciclovir in a child who developed lamivudine resistance.A 5-year-old boy who was serum HBsAg-negative and was not vaccinated against HBV underwent living-related liver transplantation for fulminant hepatitis A. The donor was his mother, who was serum HBcAb-positive. No immunoprophylaxis was administered. HBV infection developed after 18 months and was treated with 3 mg/kg daily of lamivudine. Serum alanine aminotransferase normalized and HBV DNA load decreased significantly. Sixteen months later, lamivudine resistance developed; a mutation (M552I) was confirmed by sequencing through the YMDD locus of the HBV polymerase gene. The addition of 750 mg daily of famciclovir led to seroconversion and the disappearance of serum HBV DNA.Lamivudine in combination with famciclovir might be a therapeutic option for HBV reinfection after liver transplantation, also in children. Suppression of viral replication to undetectable values is possible even in the lamivudine-resistant mutant.     

Lamivudine for hepatitis B in liver transplantation: a single-center experience

BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus (HBV) has been associated with a high rate of reinfection and graft failure. Lamivudine, a potent inhibitor of HBV replication, has been shown to prevent viral recurrence after transplantation. METHODS: The effectiveness of lamivudine monotherapy for the management of HBV recurrence after liver transplantation was assessed. Lamivudine was used in three patient groups: (1) patients started before transplantation and continued after transplantation (n = 13); (2) patients treated after transplantation (n = 15); and (3) patients with de novo hepatitis B after transplantation (n = 4). RESULTS: Median follow-up on lamivudine was 24 months. Active viral replication (HBV-DNA+) was seen in 17 (53%) of 32 at treatment initiation. All lost HBV-DNA at a mean of 2.4+/-1.6 months after lamivudine initiation. Twenty-six (81%) patients remain free of viral recurrence. Six (19%) patients have evidence of breakthrough infection with the YMDD mutant of HBV, two of whom progressed to graft failure. All four patients in group 1 who developed breakthrough had evidence of hepatitis B surface antigen expression in the explanted liver by immunohistochemistry despite being serum HBV-DNA negative before transplantation. No difference was observed among the three groups in DNA clearance or breakthrough rates. CONCLUSIONS: Lamivudine achieves viral DNA clearance in almost all patients. Expression of viral antigens in the liver seems to identify patients at risk of developing HBV-DNA recurrence. Disease-free survival of 81% at 22 months is similar to data with hepatitis B immunoglobulin therapy. Given the safe clinical profile and high efficacy in the prevention of disease recurrence, lamivudine will favorably change the outlook of liver transplantation for HBV.     

肝移植术后乙型肝炎复发的预防和治疗

目的探讨拉米夫定联合低剂量乙型肝炎（乙肝）免疫球蛋白（HBIG）预防肝移植术后乙肝复发的效果及乙肝复发后的治疗。方法对2000年12月至2003年5月因乙肝相关性终末期肝病和（或）合并肝细胞癌于我院接受肝移植手术并经随访的11例患者进行回顾性分析。所有患者均接受拉米夫定联合低剂量HBIG预防乙肝复发方案。观察术后近期乙肝转阴情况、术后较远期乙肝复发情况以及乙肝复发后的治疗情况。结果（1）所有患者HBsAg、HBeAg、HBV-DNA均于术后1-4d转为阴性,术后1周所有患者对HBIG均有反应,HBsAb滴度水平逐渐上升;（2）所有患者于观察期内生存情况均良好,对患者HBsAb滴度水平定期进行监测结果示大部分患者HBsAb滴度水平与预期治疗水平基本符合;（3）1例患者于术后25个月乙肝复发,通过改用阿德弗韦并加大HBIG用量,基本得到控制。结论拉米夫定联合低剂量HBIG预防肝移植后乙肝复发疗效确切,而且可显著降低治疗费用。     

Limited lamivudine and long-term hepatitis B immunoglobulin immunoprophylaxis for prevention of hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantation

BACKGROUND: No consensus exists concerning dosage and duration of prophylactic hepatitis B immunoglobulin and lamivudine for prevention of hepatitis B recurrence after liver transplantation (LT). METHODS: Lamivudine was discontinued 12 months after LT, maintaining hepatitis B immunoglobulin prophylaxis in eight patients who received lamivudine treatment before LT. RESULTS: At LT, six patients were serum hepatitis B virus (HBV)-DNA negative, whereas two patients had low serum HBV-DNA levels. Hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen and hepatitis B core antigen stained positively by immunohistochemistry in all hepatectomy specimens. All patients remained recurrence free during the 12 months on combination therapy with normal liver histological examination and negative HBs and HB core staining on biopsy specimens. No relapse occurred after lamivudine withdrawal during a median follow-up of 17.5 months (normal transaminases, negative serum HBs antigen, and HBV-DNA). CONCLUSIONS: Discontinuation of lamivudine 12 months after LT is feasible and safe even in patients with ongoing low viral replication at LT, providing adequate prophylaxis with hepatitis B immunoglobulins.     

Prophylaxis of recurrent hepatitis B in Chinese patients after liver transplantation using lamivudine combined with hepatitis B immune globulin according to the titer of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen

BACKGROUND/AIMS: We sought to determine the outcomes of long-term use of lamivudine combined with hepatitis B immune globulin according to the titer of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen in preventing recurrent hepatitis B in Chinese patients after liver transplantation. METHODS: Eighty-five patients with detectable hepatitis B envelope antigen in serum before liver transplantation were retrospectively enrolled in the study. Twenty-eight patients used lamivudine monotherapy as a control group. Fifty-seven patients used lamivudine combined with hepatitis B immune globulin therapy according to the titer of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen. RESULTS: In the lamivudine monotherapy group, seven patients had recurrent hepatitis B after transplantation, with 1-, 2-, and 3-year recurrence rates of 10.70%, 21.90%, and 25.8%, respectively. In the combination therapy group, three patients had recurrent hepatitis B after transplantation, with 1-, 2-, and 3-year recurrence rates of 0.00%, 5.50%, and 13.40% (P = .03). YMDD mutants were detected in 6 of the 10 patients with recurrent hepatitis B. HBV-DNA load before transplantation was significantly associated with recurrent hepatitis B after transplantation in the overall patients (P = .04). CONCLUSIONS: Long-term use of lamivudine combined with hepatitis B immune globulin, according to the titer of antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen was efficacious and cost effective to prevent recurrent hepatitis B in Chinese patients after liver transplantation.     

肝移植术后预防乙型肝炎病毒再感染的策略

目的探讨预防肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒（HBV）再感染的综合策略.方法对术前存在HBV感染的130例肝移植患者进行前瞻性研究,采用肌肉注射剂型乙型肝炎免疫球蛋白（IMHBIg）联合口服拉米夫定（lamivudine）作为预防术后HBV再感染的治疗方案;术后监测HBV再感染的情况.结果在130例患者中,128例术后HBsAg转为阴性,检测血清HBsAb呈阳性.平均随访12.2个月,8例出现HBV再感染,再感染率为6.3%;术前HBeAg阳性者再感染率为14.3%,阴性者4.0%,两组间差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）;术后第一天HBsAg阳性者再感染率为21.1%,阴性者3.7%,两组间差异有统计学意义（P＜0.05）.结论拉米夫定联合肌肉注射剂型的人乙型肝炎免疫球蛋白可有效预防肝移植术后HBV再感染;术前血清HBeAg阳性以及术后第一天HBsAg者是术后HBV复发的高危因素.     

Antiviral therapy for hepatitis C virus recurrence following liver transplantation: long-term results from a single center experience

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) reinfection after liver transplantation is a virtually constant finding and leads to chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis in variable proportions. This study aimed to assess the safety and efficacy of alpha-interferon (IFN) plus ribavirin for recurrent HCV following liver transplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Thirty of 55 patients (54.5%) with histologically proven HCV recurrence after liver transplantation were given antiviral therapy (alpha-IFN at a dose of 6 MU x 3 x week IM associated with oral ribavirin 1 g/d for 12 months) and followed up for a further 12 months after the end of the treatment. Liver and renal function tests, hemocytometric values, and HCV-RNA were assessed every 3 months throughout the therapy and follow-up. Liver biopsy was performed before and after the treatment and after another 12 months of follow-up. RESULTS: Eight patients (26.7%) were withdrawn from the treatment due to adverse events and another 8 (26.7%) needed a dosage reduction. Eleven patients (36.7%) had a biochemical and virological response, becoming aminotransferase and HCV-RNA negative at the end of the treatment; 6 patients (20%) still had a sustained response after 12 months of follow-up. All 6 patients are clinically stable at 6 years after completing the antiviral therapy. A low viral load before therapy was a positive predictor of sustained response. No histologically significant improvement was seen at the end of the therapy or after the follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: The combination of alpha-IFN plus ribavirin induced a sustained virologic response in 20% of liver transplant recipients with recurrent HCV, but intolerance of the therapy prompted its discontinuation or a dosage reduction in a large proportion of patients. However, we have observed a long-term efficacy of the antiviral therapy in the sustained responders.     

173例肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒再感染防治经验回顾

目的 探讨原位肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒再感染的预防。方法 回顾性分析了173例乙肝相关性肝病病人，移植前后给予抗病毒药物预防乙型肝炎病毒再感染，拉米呋啶2例，拉米呋啶＋乙肝免疫球蛋白（HBIg）166例，阿德福韦＋HBIg5例，观察临床表现、血清HBV、HBVDNA及肝活检免疫组织化学检测等指标。结果 应用拉米呋啶预防的2例病人，有1例再感染，其血清HBsAg、HBeAb、HBcAb和HBVDNA均阳性，肝活检免疫组织化学检测有HBsAg表达。用拉米呋啶＋HBIg预防的166例中，有3例再感染，血清均HBsAg、HBeAb和HBcAb阳性，肝活检免疫组织化学检测有HBsAg表达，其中1例血清HBVDNA阳性，有1例经治疗后HBsAg又转阴。用阿德福韦＋拉米呋啶＋HBIg预防的5例中，血清学和肝活检免疫组织化学检测均无HBsAg表达。结论 原位肝移植术是治疗HBV相关性终末期肝病的有效手段，拉米呋啶＋HBIg或拉米呋啶＋阿德福韦＋HBIg联合应用可以有效预防乙型肝炎病毒的再感染。     

肝移植患者乙型肝炎病毒再感染的防治

目的 预防和早期诊断肝移植患者术后乙型肝炎病毒（ＨＢＶ）再感染和乙型肝炎（乙肝）的复发,以及探讨肝炎复发后的进一步治疗。方法 肝移植患者术后常规采用拉米夫定预防ＨＢＶ再感染,同时监测肝功能、乙型肝炎血清标记物、血清ＨＢＶ－ＤＮＡ、肝活检组织乙型肝炎标记物免疫组化。结果 ４例患者出现ＨＢＶ再感染,其中２例表现为复发的乙型肝炎,经治疗后,２例复发的乙肝患者１例继续发展成为慢必 症肝炎,１例好转。结论     

Prevention of hepatitis B virus reinfection after orthotopic liver transplantation

OBJECTIVE: We discuss the prevention of hepatitis B virus reinfection following orthotopic liver transplantation. METHODS: Sixty-eight cases of chronic fulminant hepatitis B, the end stage of liver cirrhosis and liver carcinoma complicated with HBV cirrhosis, were given antiviral drugs pre- and posttransplantation to prevent hepatitis B virus reinfection. Lamivudine was administered to two cases and lamivudine + HBIG to 63 cases. Adefovir + HBIG was administered to three cases. The serum HBV, HBV DNA, liver biopsy immunohistochemistry and clinical examinations were performed. RESULTS: One of two cases given lamivudine developed reinfection with serum HBSAg, HbeAb, HBcAb, HBV DNA, and positive and liver biopsy immunohistochemistry showing HBSAg phenotype. Two of the 63 cases given lamivudine + HBIG developed reinfection with serum HBSAg, HBeAb, HBcAb positive and liver biopsy immunohistochemistry showing HBSAg phenotype. The serum HBV DNA was positive in one of the two cases. Three cases given adefovir developed no reinfection with HBV. CONCLUSION: Orthotopic liver transplantation is an effective treatment for HBV infection; lamivudine + HBIG or adefovir + HBIG prevent hepatitis B virus reinfection.     

肝移植术后预防乙型肝炎病毒再感染281例的分析

目的分析乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)相关性肝病肝移植术后HBV再感染的原因及防治经验。方法回顾性分析281例HBV相关性肝病,移植前后给予抗病毒药物拉米夫定 人乙肝免疫球蛋白(HBIg)预防HBV再感染,其中9例为拉米夫定 阿德夫韦 HBIg,观察临床表现、血清HBV标志物、HBV DNA及肝活检免疫组织化学检测等指标。结果用拉米夫定 HBIg预防的272例中,有7例再感染,血清HBsAg、HBeAb和HBcAb阳性,肝活检免疫组织化学检测有HBsAg表达,其中2例血清HBV DNA阳性,4例经治疗后HBsAg又转阴。用拉米夫定 阿德夫韦 HBIg预防的9例中,血清学和肝活检免疫组织化学检测无HBsAg表达。结论拉米夫定 HBIg或拉米夫定 阿德夫韦 HBIg联合应用,可以有效预防HBV相关性肝病肝移植后HBV的再感染。     

Lamivudine therapy in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B virus precore mutant-associated infection: high resistance rates in treatment of recurrence but universal prevention if used as prophylaxis with very low dose hepatitis B immune globulin.

Recurrent hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality after liver transplantation. Recently, antiviral therapy, such as lamivudine, has become available for prophylaxis against HBV reactivation posttransplantation and for the treatment of HBV recurrent disease. We report our initial experience with lamivudine therapy in patients with precore mutant-associated HBV infection undergoing liver transplantation (n = 29). Outcomes were compared in three patient groups: group 1, precore mutant HBV infection not receiving lamivudine (n = 10); group 2, recurrent precore mutant HBV infection posttransplantation subsequently treated with lamivudine (n = 10); and group 3, HBV precore mutant patients undergoing liver transplantation and receiving lamivudine and low-dose hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIG) from the time of transplantation (n = 9). In group 1, HBV recurred in 9 of 10 patients, with subsequent graft loss in all 9 patients. In group 2, all patients developed HBV recurrence at a mean of 7.3 months posttransplantation and started lamivudine therapy at a median of 16 months posttransplantation. Follow-up on lamivudine therapy was for a median of 11 months. Six of these 10 patients developed mutations in the HBV polymerase gene associated with lamivudine resistance. There were two liver failure-related deaths in this group. In group 3 patients, there was one death from graft-versus-host disease. The remaining 8 patients have been followed up for a mean of 15.6 months posttransplantation, and all remain hepatitis B surface antigen negative and HBV DNA negative. In conclusion, lamivudine therapy in association with low-dose HBIG is effective in preventing HBV reactivation posttransplantation. Rescue therapy with lamivudine in patients with HBV recurrence is only moderately effective, with a 60% lamivudine resistance rate in patients treated for longer than 6 months.     

肝移植术后乙肝复发的预防和治疗

目的 探讨乙肝相关疾病患者肝移植术后乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)再感染的防治。方法 复习有关文献并进行综述。结果 与HBV有关的急、慢性肝病是肝移植的主要适应证，但未作预防者移植后HBV再感染率可达80％～100％，对移植肝的存活和患者的生存有重大的影响。如何防治肝移植后乙型肝炎的复发，成为急需解决的问题。经过一系列的摸索，目前已有许多用于防治HBV再感染的药物，包括抗乙肝免疫球蛋白、干扰素、核苷类似物等，其各自有不同的应用特点，在单独及联合用药方面也有了新的研究进展。结论 肝移植是治疗乙肝相关疾病的有效方法，围手术期的积极药物治疗，对提高乙肝相关疾病患者肝移植的成功率至关重要。     

原位肝移植治疗急性重型乙型肝炎

目的 探讨原位肝移植治疗急性重型乙型肝炎的效果。方法 在体外静脉转流下对７例急性重型乙型肝炎患者行原位肝移植,５例患者伴有不同程度的肝性脑病,１例合并急性肾功能衰竭,１例合并上消化道大出血。术后存活者均服用拉咪呋啶预防乙型肝炎的复发。结果术后５例存活,２例死亡。术胶伴有肾功能衰竭的１例,术后３ｄ死于多器官功能衰竭;另１例术后４４ｄ死于重型肝炎（复发）。５例存活者观察期内（２～６个月）未见乙型肝炎     

乙型肝炎表面抗原阳性患者肾移植21例

目的 总结分析乙型肝炎表面抗原(HBsAg)阳性对肾移植受者肾功能的影响以及抗乙型肝炎病毒(HBV)治疗的时机.方法 肾移植术前HBsAg阳性者21例,其乙型肝炎核心抗体(抗-HBc)阴性,乙型肝炎e抗体(抗-HBe)阴性,HBV DNA定量<105拷贝/L,肝脏B型超声波检查无异常发现.供、受者HLA抗原错配数≤3,淋巴细胞毒交叉配合试验<0.10.术后采用环孢素A(CsA)、霉酚酸酯和甲泼尼龙预防排斥反应.11例术后肠道功能恢复后立即口服拉米夫定100 mg/d,另10例在随访过程中发现肝功能异常、HBV DNA升高时,给予拉米夫定100 mg/d,同时减少CsA和糖皮质激素的剂量,并行护肝治疗.结果 10例经抗病毒和护肝治疗后,丙氨酸转氨酶(ALT)和HBV DNA于术后1年左右恢复至正常水平.预防性口服拉米夫定者的HBV DNA均保持在106拷贝/L以下,ALT正常或稍高(未超出正常值的2倍).采用拉米夫定预防性治疗者术后2年内的肾功能优于未预防性治疗者(P<0.05).结论 HBsAg阳性并非肾移植的禁忌证,术后早期行预防性抗病毒治疗可有效避免肝功能异常,也有利于改善移植肾功能.