Infections with HBV, HCV and HIV in patients admitted to the neurosurgical department of a teaching hospital

Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 231-237

  Gańczak, Maria ^a   Szych, Zbigniew ^a  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

HBV; HBV immunisation; HCV; HIV markers; Neurosurgical patients

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POLAND; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PREVALENCE; SCREENING TEST; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B ANTIBODIES; HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGENS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT ADMISSION; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 48449088500     PISSN: 00283843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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