Occupational syphilis following scalpel injury

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 475-476

  Raguse, Jan D ^a   Camerer, Christian ^a   Bergmann, Frank ^a   Schewe, Christiane ^a   Schürmann, Dirk ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZATHINE PENICILLIN; CLINDAMYCIN;

ADULT; AGGLUTINATION TEST; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCISION; LETTER; LIP BIOPSY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL INJURY; SIALOADENITIS; SURGEON; SYPHILIS; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; VENEREAL DISEASE REACTION TEST; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 84858315884     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-156-6-201203200-00021     Document Type: Letter

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