Nosocomial transmission of hepatitis B virus associated with endomyocardial biopsy

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1274-1280

  Rosenheim, Michel ^a   Cadranel, Jean François ^b   Stuyver, Lieven ^c   Dorent, Richard ^a   Golliot, Franck ^d   Astagneau, Pascal ^d   Di Martino, Vincent ^e   Delcourt, Annick ^f   Gandjbakhch, Iradj ^a   Huraux, Jean Marie ^a   Lunel, Françoise ^g  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LAENNEC   (France)

^c INNOGENETICS   (Belgium)

^d Laboratory of Pathology   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL JEAN MINJOZ   (France)

^f Service d'Anatomie Pathologique   (France)

^g ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS STRAIN; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33845921472     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0399-8320(06)73535-7     Document Type: Article

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