Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases

Eleven (1.8%) of 597 patients underwent ophthalmic surgery within 1 month before the onset of prion disease or after the onset. All ophthalmologists reused surgical instruments that had been incompletely sterilized to eliminate infectious prion protein. Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion dise...

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Autores principales: Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi, Noguchi-Shinohara, Moeko, Nakamura, Yosikazu, Sato, Takeshi, Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki, Mizusawa, Hidehiro, Yamada, Masahito
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17370537
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.061004
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author Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
Noguchi-Shinohara, Moeko
Nakamura, Yosikazu
Sato, Takeshi
Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki
Mizusawa, Hidehiro
Yamada, Masahito
author_facet Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
Noguchi-Shinohara, Moeko
Nakamura, Yosikazu
Sato, Takeshi
Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki
Mizusawa, Hidehiro
Yamada, Masahito
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description Eleven (1.8%) of 597 patients underwent ophthalmic surgery within 1 month before the onset of prion disease or after the onset. All ophthalmologists reused surgical instruments that had been incompletely sterilized to eliminate infectious prion protein. Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion diseases as a possible cause of visual symptoms and use disposable instruments whenever possible.
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spelling pubmed-27258202009-09-10 Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Noguchi-Shinohara, Moeko Nakamura, Yosikazu Sato, Takeshi Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki Mizusawa, Hidehiro Yamada, Masahito Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Eleven (1.8%) of 597 patients underwent ophthalmic surgery within 1 month before the onset of prion disease or after the onset. All ophthalmologists reused surgical instruments that had been incompletely sterilized to eliminate infectious prion protein. Ophthalmologists should be aware of prion diseases as a possible cause of visual symptoms and use disposable instruments whenever possible. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2007-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2725820/ /pubmed/17370537 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.061004 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Hamaguchi, Tsuyoshi
Noguchi-Shinohara, Moeko
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Sato, Takeshi
Kitamoto, Tetsuyuki
Mizusawa, Hidehiro
Yamada, Masahito
Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases
title Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases
title_full Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases
title_fullStr Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases
title_full_unstemmed Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases
title_short Ophthalmic Surgery in Prion Diseases
title_sort ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases
topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2725820/
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