TY - JOUR
T1 - Inoculation of Cryptococcosis without Transmission of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AU - Glaser, Jordan B.
AU - Garden, Adam
PY - 1985/7/25
Y1 - 1985/7/25
N2 - To the Editor: The risk of HTLV-III seroconversion in health-care workers sustaining a needle-stick injury while caring for patients with AIDS appears to be low.1, 2 There is only one report of seroconversion after a needle stick, which involved the inoculation of a small amount of blood.3 The transmission of hepatitis B virus but not HTLV-III after percutaneous exposure has been described.4 We report a similar case, which is of interest because (1) it again demonstrates the lack of HTLV-III seroconversion after percutaneous inoculation of enough HTLV-III antibody—positive blood to allow the transmission of another infectious agent, (2) it is a.
AB - To the Editor: The risk of HTLV-III seroconversion in health-care workers sustaining a needle-stick injury while caring for patients with AIDS appears to be low.1, 2 There is only one report of seroconversion after a needle stick, which involved the inoculation of a small amount of blood.3 The transmission of hepatitis B virus but not HTLV-III after percutaneous exposure has been described.4 We report a similar case, which is of interest because (1) it again demonstrates the lack of HTLV-III seroconversion after percutaneous inoculation of enough HTLV-III antibody—positive blood to allow the transmission of another infectious agent, (2) it is a.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198507253130414
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198507253130414
M3 - Letter
C2 - 4010732
AN - SCOPUS:0344617322
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 313
SP - 266
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 4
ER -