In r/medicine, clinicians debate whether isolated hepatitis B core antibody positivity warrants HBV DNA testing and a vaccine challenge dose versus doing nothing beyond counseling, reflecting real practice variation.
How to manage patients with isolated hepatitis B core antibody positivity is an area of genuine controversy.
One approach would be to check HBV DNA, give one vaccine dose if negative, and then recheck surface ab.
Others would do nothing for immunocompetent patients except provide counseling.
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