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Acute hepatitis C transmitted by needlestick accident despite short duration interferon treatment
Y Nakano1, K Kiyosawa, T Sodeyama
1Second Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
|September 1, 1995
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.