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Transmission of Hepatitis C Virus Between Hemodialysis Patients Sharing the Same Machine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Catherine Sartor ,
Philippe Brunet ,
Sophie Simon ,
Catherine Tamalet ,
Yvon Berland  and
Michel Drancourt
Catherine Sartor
Affiliation:
Comité de Lutte Contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Hôpital de la Conception, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
Philippe Brunet
Affiliation:
Service de Néphrologie et Dialyse, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
Sophie Simon
Affiliation:
Fédération de Microbiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
Catherine Tamalet
Affiliation:
Fédération de Microbiologie Clinique, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
Yvon Berland
Affiliation:
Service de Néphrologie et Dialyse, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
Michel Drancourt*
Affiliation:
Comité Central de Lutte Contre les Infections Nosocomiales, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
*
Unité des Rickettsies, Faculté de Médecine, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille cedex 5, France
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Abstract

After a patient acquired hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in our unit, we performed epidemiologic and virologic investigations, including genotyping and phylogenetic analyses. The results provided evidence for HCV transmission between two patients sharing the same machine and suggested possible transmission via accidental contamination of the venous pressure monitoring system.

Type
Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , July 2004 , pp. 609 - 611
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2004

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