All issues > Volume 34(3); 1991

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1991;34(3):355-362. Published online March 31, 1991.

Prevalence of hepatitis B surface antigen in pediatric in patients.

Kyung Hee Kim¹, Myung Ik Lee¹, Young Jin Hong¹, Keun Chan Sohn¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, National Medical Center, Seoul, Korea

Received: September 27, 1990;  Accepted: November 30, 1990.

Abstract

Thirty three from 689 children (4.79%) who were screened among hospitalized patients from July, 1986 to June, 1988, were positive for hepatitis B surface antigen in their serum sample tested by radioimmunoassay. The positive rate of hepatitis B surface antigen was 3.04% when the hepatitis patients were excluded. The incidence of hepatitis B surface antigen was higher (5.18%) in male than in famale (4.17%) patients. And a trend toward increment was noted with age, but there was no statistical significance. Diseases of hepatitis B surface antigen positive cases on admission were evenly distributed, e.g., pneumonia, acute pharyngitis, congenital heart disease, bronchiolitis, asthma, craniopharyngioma, measles, meningitis etc.

Keywords :Hepatitis B Surface Antigen