|
|||||
|
|
Acute hepatitis C transmitted by needlestick accident despite short duration interferon treatment |
|
| Authors: | YOSHIYUKI NAKANO KENDO KIYOSAWA TAKESHI SODEYAMA EIJI TANAKA AKIHIRO MATSUMOTO TETSUYA ICHIJO MASASHI MIZOKAMI SEIICHI FURUTA |
| Institution: | *Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan;†Department of Internal Medicine, Nagano Prefectural Kiso Hospital, Kiso-Fukushima, Nagano-ken, Japan;‡Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan |
| Abstract: | Hepatitis C virus (HCV) transmission by needlestick accidents involving hospital employees has become an important problem. The present report is of a case of acute hepatitis C that developed after a needlestick injury, despite short duration interferon treatment performed just after the accident in a trial effort to prevent HCV transmission. Nosocomial infection of HCV in medical employees is reviewed, and the current prospects for protecting them from HCV transmission after needlestick accident are discussed. |
| Keywords: | acute hepatitis C interferon treatment needlestick accident |