This document is a summary of all useful lectures not included in the written exam and which do not fit with the main topics covered at each outpatient clinic but which may nonetheless be useful during the oral exam. The themes covered include virology (hepatitis), medical microbiology (UTIs), radi...
- Hepatitis B
- Characteristics: DNA virus envelope, different genotypes have different prevalent
locations
- Transmission: parenterally, sexually, vertically/perinatally (mother to child
transmission = MTCT), blood-blood
- Incubation: 1-6 months
, - Inactive HepB can become active: pregnancy, immunosuppression (via
infections, chemotherapy, etc)
- Patient has cleared the
virus
- HBsAG: produced acutely to
clear the infection
- Anti-HBs: only produced if the
infection is cleared
- Anti HBc: proves the patient
was in contact with the virus
(not just the vaccine)
- Patient will not clear the virus
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