Ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases

Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi; Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara; Yosikazu Nakamura; Takeshi Sato; Tetsuyuki Kitamoto; Hidehiro Mizusawa; Masahito Yamada

doi:10.3201/eid1301.061004

Ophthalmic surgery in prion diseases

Tsuyoshi Hamaguchi, Moeko Noguchi-Shinohara, Yosikazu Nakamura, Takeshi Sato, Tetsuyuki Kitamoto, Hidehiro Mizusawa, Masahito Yamada

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	162-164
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1301.061004
Publication status	Published - 2007 Jan

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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