A 33-year-old nurse suffered a needle stick injury. The patient used illicit intravenous drugs. One month later, the nurse developed jaundice. Which of the following finding would implicate hepatitis B as the etiology
The presence of hepatitis B surface antigen means actively replicating virus, and in the context of the recent needle stick injury, this likely represents a hepatitis B infection. Ref:- Harshmohan textbook of Pathology
Positive antihepatitis A antibody
Positive hepatitis B surface antigen
Positive antihepatitis B-core antibody
Positive antihepatitis B surface antibody
Virology