NR AWTQ
AU Hamaguchi,T.; Noguchi-Shinohara,M.; Nakamura,Y.; Sato,T.; Kitamoto,T.; Mizusawa,H.; Yamada,M.
TI Ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases
QU Emerging Infectious Diseases 2007 Jan; 13(1): 162-4
IA http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/13/1/162.htm
PT journal article; research support, non-u.s. gov't
AB 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.
MH Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome/*complications/prevention &; control/*transmission; Eye Diseases/*complications/*surgery; Female; Humans; Japan; Male; Middle Aged; Sterilization/*standards
AD Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi (Current affiliation: Ishikawa Prefecture Central Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan), Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara, Masahito Yamada, Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa, Japan; Yosikazu Nakamura, Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan; Takeshi Sato, National Center for Neurology and Psychiatry, Ichikawa, Japan; Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Hidehiro Mizusawa, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
SP englisch
PO USA