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Recommendations for the management of acute hepatitis B: position paper of the Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT)

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Abstract

Purpose

To develop recommendations for the management of acute hepatitis B by the Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases.

Methods

Development of the recommendations divided into three levels of evidence according to the GRADE system: A (high), B (medium) and C (low experts opinion), together with three recommendation levels: 1 (strong), 2 (medium), 3 (weak).

Results

The treatment with antivirals is in selected cases the mainstay of management of severe acute hepatitis, and should be started as a matter of urgency in order to prevent death.

Conclusions

These recommendations are meant to provide the rationale and practical indications for the management of acute hepatitis B (AHB).

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Dr.ssa Serena Cima for her excellent editing of the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Via Taramelli, 5, 27100, Pavia, Italy

    R. Bruno

  2. Malattie Infettive e Tropicali-Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy

    G. Carosi

  3. Malattie Infettive-Seconda Università degli studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy

    N. Coppola, G. B. Gaeta & E. Sagnelli

  4. Malattie infettive-Ospedale Niguarda Ca’Granda, Milan, Italy

    M. Puoti

  5. Malattie Infettive-Università degli Studi di Foggia, Foggia, Italy

    T. Santantonio

  6. Malattie Infettive-Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy

    G. Taliani

  7. Malattie Infettive-Ospedale Belcolle di Viterbo, Viterbo, Italy

    O. Armignacco

  8. Malattie Infettive-Policlinico Tor Vergata Roma and President of SIMIT, Rome, Italy

    M. Andreoni

  9. Malattie Infettive-Università degli Studi di Bari, Bari, Italy

    G. Angarano

  10. Malattie Infettive-Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy

    G. Di Perri

  11. Malattie Infettive-Istituto Lazzaro Spallanzani, Rome, Italy

    G. D’Offizi

  12. Malattie Infettive-Università di Milano, Milan, Italy

    M. Galli

  13. Malattie Infettive-Ospedale Luigi Sacco, Milan, Italy

    G. Rizzardini

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Contributors: R. Bruno, G. Carosi, N. Coppola, G. B. Gaeta, M. Puoti, T.Santantonio, G. Taliani, O. Armignacco, E. Sagnelli, M. Andreoni

Counsulting Committee: G. Angarano, G. Di Perri, G. D’Offizi, M. Galli, G. Rizzardini.

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Bruno, R., Carosi, G., Coppola, N. et al. Recommendations for the management of acute hepatitis B: position paper of the Italian Society for the Study of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (SIMIT). Infection 42, 811–815 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-014-0642-0

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