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Case Reports
. 2007 May 1;195(9):1311-4.
doi: 10.1086/513435. Epub 2007 Mar 21.

Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus associated with oral surgery

John T Redd  1 , Joan Baumbach, William Kohn, Omana Nainan, Marina Khristova, Ian Williams
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Patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus associated with oral surgery

John T Redd et al. J Infect Dis. .

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  • J Infect Dis. 2007 Jun 15;195(12):1874

Abstract

We used molecular epidemiologic techniques to document patient-to-patient transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) between 2 outpatient oral surgery patients operated on 161 min apart. Serological testing of 25 (93%) of 27 patients operated on after the source patient revealed that 19 (76%) of 25 were previously immune to HBV; no additional cases were identified. We found no deficiencies in infection control practices. Transmission may have been limited by the high prevalence (64%) of patients vaccinated against HBV. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of patient-to-patient transmission of a bloodborne pathogen in a dental setting in the United States.

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