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Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2007, p. 3020-3022, Vol. 51, No. 8
0066-4804/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00088-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Monotherapy and Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b plus Lamivudine Combination Therapy for Patients with Hepatitis B Virus E Antigen-Negative Chronic Hepatitis B{triangledown}

Sabahattin Kaymakoglu,1* Dilek Oguz,2 Gurden Gur,3 Selim Gurel,4 Ethem Tankurt,5 Galip Ersöz,6 Seren Ozenirler,7 Cem Kalayci,8 Sule Poturoglu,1 Yilmaz Cakaloglu,1 and Atilla Okten1

Department of Gastroenterohepatology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey,1 Department of Gastroenterology, Türkiye Yüksek Ihtisas Hospital, Ankara, Turkey,2 Department of Gastroenterology, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey,3 Department of Gastroenterology, Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey,4 Department of Gastroenterology, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey,5 Department of Gastroenterology, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey,6 Department of Gastroenterology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey,7 Department of Gastroenterology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey8

Received 20 January 2007/ Returned for modification 22 February 2007/ Accepted 3 May 2007

Forty-eight hepatitis B virus (HBV) E antigen-negative chronic hepatitis B patients received pegylated interferon alfa-2b either alone or with lamivudine for 48 weeks and were followed for an additional 24 weeks. At the end of follow-up, virological response rates (HBV DNA levels of <400 copies/ml) were similar in the monotherapy (24%) and combination therapy (26%) groups.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Istanbul University, Department of Gastroenterohepatology, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Capa, 34390, Istanbul, Turkey. Phone: 902124142000 (31140). Fax: 902126312257. E-mail: kaymakoglus{at}hotmail.com

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 21 May 2007.

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, August 2007, p. 3020-3022, Vol. 51, No. 8
0066-4804/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AAC.00088-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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