| Literature DB >> 23483799 |
Guan-Min Lai1, Sheng-Lei Yan, Cheng-Shyong Chang, Chien-Yu Tsai.
Abstract
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) reactivation is a well-recognized complication in patients with chronic HBV infection receiving cytotoxic or immunosuppressive chemotherapy. Imatinib mesylate and nilotinib are selective Bcr/Abl tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which are now widely used in the treatment of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia. Although HBV reactivation induced by imatinib mesylate has been reported, nilotinib-related HBV reactivation has not been reported in the English literature. We report here 2 cases of HBV reactivation in chronic myeloid leukemia patients receiving imatinib mesylate and a novel case of nilotinib related HBV reactivation.Entities:
Keywords: Chronic myeloid leukemia; Hepatitis B virus; Imatinib mesylate; Nilotinib; Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
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Year: 2013 PMID: 23483799 PMCID: PMC3587491 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i8.1318
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastroenterol ISSN: 1007-9327 Impact factor: 5.742