Investigation of a possible iatrogenic case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease after a neurosurgical procedure

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1352-1357

  Keeler, Natalie ^a   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a,b   Belay, Ermias D ^a   Sehulster, Lynne ^b   Turabelidze, George ^c   Sejvar, James J ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REVIEW; SERODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL DISORDER; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33846006927     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509844     Document Type: Review

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