Acute hepatitis B infection following a community-acquired needlestick injury.

Authors
Category Primary study
JournalThe Journal of infection
Year 2011
We report a case of acute Hepatitis B infection occurring 2 months after a community-acquired needlestick injury. The patient had a history of incomplete vaccination and Hepatitis B vaccine booster was delayed. He did not receive immunoglobulin. This is only the second report of Hepatitis B transmission in this setting.
Epistemonikos ID: cb349ae87ec6192b1ef2db7940afec9b15141716
First added on: Sep 23, 2024