Transmission of hepatitis C virus between hemodialysis patients sharing the same machine

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 609-611

  Sartor, Catherine ^a   Brunet, Philippe ^c   Simon, Sophie ^d   Tamalet, Catherine ^d   Berland, Yvon ^c   Drancourt, Michel ^b,e  

^a HÔPITAL DE LA CONCEPTION   (France)

^b INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

^c Service de Nephrologie et Dialyse   (France)

^d ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEMODIALYSIS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MACHINE; MALE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYLOGENY; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 3242684538     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502448     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Fabrizi F, Poordad FF, Martin P. Hepatitis C infection and the patient with end-stage renal disease. Hepatology 2002;36:3-10.
2. Katsoulidou A, Paraskevis D, Kalapothaki V, et al. Molecular epidemiology of a hepatitis C virus outbreak in a haemodialysis unit. Nephrol Dial Transplant 1999;14:1188-1194.
3. Le Pogam S, Le Chapois D, Christen R, Dubois F, Barin F, Goudeau A. Hepatitis C in a hemodialysis unit: molecular evidence for nosocomial transmission. J Clin Microbiol 1998;36:3040-3043.
4. Delarocque-Astagneau E, Baffoy N, Thiers V, et al. Outbreak of hepatitis C virus infection in a hemodialysis unit: potential transmission by the hemodialysis machine? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:328-334.
5. Sodeyama T, Kiyosawa K, Urushihara A, et al. Detection of hepatitis C virus markers and hepatitis C virus genomic-RNA after needlestick accidents. Arch Intern Med 1993;53:1565-1572.
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Recommendations for preventing transmission of infections among chronic hemodialysis patients. MMWR 2001;50:1-41.
7. French Agency for Health Products Security. Medical Device Security: Microbial Contamination During Hemodialysis. Paris: French Agency for Health Products Security; 1999. Available at www.agmed. sante.gouv.fr/htm/10/10000.htm. Accessed June 2003.