Serum hepatitis after open-heart surgery |
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| Authors: | Eunice Lockey Yvonne Cossart Lorenzo Gonzalez-Lavin |
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| Affiliation: | .National Heart Hospital, Colindale, London;.Virus Reference Laboratory, Colindale, London |
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Ten cases of serum hepatitis occurring after open-heart surgery at the National Heart Hospital, London are reported. The incidence seemed to be rising and was at least 2% before antigen-screened blood became available. Investigation of 135 patients for the presence of Australia antigen and antibody showed that five (3·7%) had responses to exposure to the infective agent. All were and remained clinically well, but such patients may constitute a source of infection. Since tested blood has been used no hepatitis cases have been recognized. |
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