Bibliographic information
Recommendation
Treatment is recommended for all adolescents (aged ≥12 years) with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) (including pregnant women and girls and women of reproductive age) with presence of coinfections (such as HIV, hepatitis D or hepatitis C); family history of liver cancer or cirrhosis; immune suppression (such as long-term steroid use, solid organ or stem cell transplant); comorbidities (such as diabetes or metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease); or extrahepatic manifestations (such as glomerulonephritis or vasculitis), regardless of the APRI score or HBV DNA or ALT levels
Recommended in favor
Conditional
Certainty of evidence
Low
Notes and Remarks
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB): Defined as the presence of HBsAg on at least one occasion, and for adolescents and children, persistence of HBsAg for six months or more.