Patient‐to‐Patient Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Associated with Oral Surgery | Zendy

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Patient‐to‐Patient Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus Associated with Oral Surgery

Author(s) -

John T. Redd,

Jan Baumbach,

William Kohn,

Omana V. Nainan,

Marina L. Khristova,

Ian H. Williams

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

the journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.69

H-Index - 252

eISSN - 1537-6613

pISSN - 0022-1899

DOI - 10.1086/513435

Subject(s) - medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , hepatitis b virus , serology , hepatitis b , virology , virus , immunology , antibody , electrical engineering , engineering

We used molecular epidemiologic techniques to document patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) between 2 outpatient oral surgery patients operated on 161 min apart. Serological testing of 25 (93%) of 27 patients operated on after the source patient revealed that 19 (76%) of 25 were previously immune to HBV; no additional cases were identified. We found no deficiencies in infection control practices. Transmission may have been limited by the high prevalence (64%) of patients vaccinated against HBV. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of patient-to-patient transmission of a bloodborne pathogen in a dental setting in the United States.

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