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Acute hepatitis B infection following a community-acquired needlestick injury.

Sonia Res1, Francis J Bowden.   

Abstract

We report a case of acute Hepatitis B infection occurring 2 months after a community-acquired needlestick injury. The patient had a history of incomplete vaccination and Hepatitis B vaccine booster was delayed. He did not receive immunoglobulin. This is only the second report of Hepatitis B transmission in this setting.
Copyright © 2011 The British Infection Association. All rights reserved.

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Year:  2011        PMID： 21529961     DOI： 10.1016/j.jinf.2011.04.002

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Infect        ISSN： 0163-4453            Impact factor:   6.072


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2.  Childhood exposures to discarded needles and other objects potentially contaminated with blood-borne pathogens in Toronto, Canada.

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Journal:  Paediatr Child Health       Date:  2017-09-25       Impact factor: 2.253
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