Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from commercial cadaveric human growth hormone

Brian S Appleby; Mei Lu; Alberto Bizzi; Michael D Phillips; Sally M Berri; Madeleine D Harbison; Lawrence B Schonberger

doi:10.3201/eid1904.121504

Iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from commercial cadaveric human growth hormone

Emerg Infect Dis. 2013 Apr;19(4):682-4. doi: 10.3201/eid1904.121504.

Authors

Brian S Appleby, Mei Lu, Alberto Bizzi, Michael D Phillips, Sally M Berri, Madeleine D Harbison, Lawrence B Schonberger

No abstract available

Keywords: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; cadaveric; case report; commercial; human growth hormone; iatrogenic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; prions and related diseases.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Cadaver
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / chemically induced*
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / pathology
Fatal Outcome
Human Growth Hormone / adverse effects*
Human Growth Hormone / isolation & purification
Humans
Iatrogenic Disease*
Infectious Disease Incubation Period
Male
Prions / isolation & purification
Prions / pathogenicity*

Substances

Prions
Human Growth Hormone