Details:

Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.061004
Personal Author:
Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ; Noguchi-Shinohara, Moeko ; Nakamura, Yosikazu ; Sato, Takeshi ; Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ; ... More +
Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ; Noguchi-Shinohara, Moeko ; Nakamura, Yosikazu ; Sato, Takeshi ; Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki ; Mizusawa, Hidehiro ; Yamada, Masahito Less -
Description:
Eleven (1.8%) of 597 patients underwent ophthalmic surgery within 1 month before the onset of prion disease or after the onset. All ophthalmologists reused surgical instruments that had been incompletely sterilized to eliminate infectious prion protein. Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion diseases as a possible cause of visual symptoms and use disposable instruments whenever possible.
Subject:
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Aged
Aged, 80 And Over
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
Eye Diseases
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Sterilization

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 13(1):162-164.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
Japan
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
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urn:sha256:75fc4c1dcc724da6c83bbc2fb53e6e075f5ed30c0b8ec2ce8e516276e53d3bfe
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Supporting Files

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