A case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease associated with a dura mater graft in the United States

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1396-1397

  Blossom, David B ^b,c   Maddox, Ryan A ^a   Beavers, Suzanne F ^c,d   Church, Kelly A ^c   Thoroughman, Doug A ^d   Schonberger, Lawrence B ^a   Belay, Ermias D ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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

^d Kentucky Department for Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYODURA; PROTEIN 14 3 3; COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DURA MATER; DURA MATER GRAFT; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; MALE; NEUROGENIC BLADDER; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNITED STATES; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MENINGOMYELOCELE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

CHILD; COLLAGEN; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CROSS INFECTION; DURA MATER; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 38449116053     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/523862     Document Type: Article

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