Epidemiology and treatment of chronic hepatitis B: A single center retrospective evaluation

Aims: Despite successful implication of vaccination against HBV in Austria numbers of referrals due to chronic hepatitis B are increasing. This may partly be explained by increased awareness of the medical community of recent advances in antiviral therapy by development and availability of new nucleos(t)id analogues. The aim of this investigation was to evaluate epidemiological data, (pre-)treatment outcome and development of HBV resistance in patients with chronic hepatitis B seen at our center. Patient and Methods: One hundred and nine patients (m/f=81/28), age: 40[19–77] years, median[range]) with chronic hep…