False-reactive hepatitis B surface antigen test results in cancer patients

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¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
² Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. htorres@mdanderson.org.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. htorres@mdanderson.org.

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Joseph T Klingen et al. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2023 Mar.

. 2023 Mar;42(3):383-385.

doi: 10.1007/s10096-023-04554-4. Epub 2023 Jan 22.

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
² Department of General Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. htorres@mdanderson.org.
⁴ Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. htorres@mdanderson.org.

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The many faces of positive hepatitis B surface antigen.
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