Patient to patient hepatitis B transmission during heart biopsy procedures. A report of the European Working Party on Viral Hepatitis in Heart Transplant Recipients
J Hosp Infect
.
1996 Sep;34(1):71-2.
doi: 10.1016/s0195-6701(96)90127-9.
Authors
R A de Man
,
A H M Balk
,
F A Jonkman
,
H G Niesters
,
A D Osterhaus
,
H A Verbrugh
,
J Drescher
,
D Wagner
,
H G Borst
,
A Haverich
,
J Flik
,
R Stachan-Kunstyr
,
W Verhagen
,
F Lunel
,
M Rosenheim
,
R Dorent
,
J M Huraux
,
I Gandjbakhch
,
G Brücker
PMID:
8880552
DOI:
10.1016/s0195-6701(96)90127-9
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter
MeSH terms
Biopsy / adverse effects*
Cross Infection / etiology*
Cross Infection / virology
Europe
Heart Transplantation / adverse effects
Hepatitis B / transmission*
Humans
Myocardium / pathology*