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strange hepatitis B test results Jun 27, 2005 Dear Doc, I just have the Hepatitis B test. I am very confused and worried about the results. It came out that: 1)hepatitis B surface antigen NEGATIVE. 2)hepatitis B core AB-total repeatedly POSITIVE. 3)hepatitis B AB-IGM NEGATIVE 4)hepatitis B surface antibody NEGATIVE. what do they mean? they told me that Core AB-IGM negative means it's not recently infected. Also my hepatits A test results are antiBody-total possitve, and antiBody-IGM is negative. A LOT OF THANK FOR YOUR HELP. |
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| Response from Dr. McGovern
 You have a profile called "isolated hepatitis B core antibody". Sometimes this is seen in about 5 percent of patients. It is unclear as to whether it is a false positive or a true positive with loss of protective antibody (hepatitis surface antibody). However, you are not an active carrier because your surface antigen is negative, so I would not worry. You may also want to get hepatitis C testing which is something I typically order in this situation. The hepatitis A is past and of no consequence. Dr. McG | ||||||||
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