Skip to main content
PMC home page
The BMJ logoLink to The BMJ
. 1991 Aug 10;303(6798):351–352. doi: 10.1136/bmj.303.6798.351

Escape from collective denial: HIV transmission during surgery.

A G Bird 1, S M Gore 1, A J Leigh-Brown 1, D C Carter 1
PMCID: PMC1670782  PMID: 1912780

Full text

PDF
351

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Armstrong F. P., Miner J. C., Wolfe W. H. Investigation of a health care worker with symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus infection: an epidemiologic approach. Mil Med. 1987 Aug;152(8):414–418. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Berglund O., Beckman S., Grillner L., Jansson B., Lidbrink P., Karlsson A., Morfeldt-Månsson L., Pehrson P. O., Törngren M., Wiechel B. HIV transmission by blood transfusions in Stockholm 1979-1985: nearly uniform transmission from infected donors. AIDS. 1988 Feb;2(1):51–54. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. De Clercq A., Oeyen L. HIV and surgeons. BMJ. 1991 Jan 5;302(6767):51–51. doi: 10.1136/bmj.302.6767.51. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Gerberding J. L., Littell C., Tarkington A., Brown A., Schecter W. P. Risk of exposure of surgical personnel to patients' blood during surgery at San Francisco General Hospital. N Engl J Med. 1990 Jun 21;322(25):1788–1793. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199006213222506. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Gerbert B., Bleecker T., Miyasaki C., Maguire B. T. Possible health care professional-to-patient HIV transmission. Dentists' reactions to a Centers for Disease Control report. JAMA. 1991 Apr 10;265(14):1845–1848. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Hussain S. A., Latif A. B., Choudhary A. A. Risk to surgeons: a survey of accidental injuries during operations. Br J Surg. 1988 Apr;75(4):314–316. doi: 10.1002/bjs.1800750407. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Lange J. M., Boucher C. A., Hollak C. E., Wiltink E. H., Reiss P., van Royen E. A., Roos M., Danner S. A., Goudsmit J. Failure of zidovudine prophylaxis after accidental exposure to HIV-1. N Engl J Med. 1990 May 10;322(19):1375–1377. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199005103221907. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Linnemann C. C., Jr, Biron K. K., Hoppenjans W. G., Solinger A. M. Emergence of acyclovir-resistant varicella zoster virus in an AIDS patient on prolonged acyclovir therapy. AIDS. 1990 Jun;4(6):577–579. doi: 10.1097/00002030-199006000-00014. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Mishu B., Schaffner W., Horan J. M., Wood L. H., Hutcheson R. H., McNabb P. C. A surgeon with AIDS. Lack of evidence of transmission to patients. JAMA. 1990 Jul 25;264(4):467–470. doi: 10.1001/jama.264.4.467. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Porter J. D., Cruickshank J. G., Gentle P. H., Robinson R. G., Gill O. N. Management of patients treated by surgeon with HIV infection. Lancet. 1990 Jan 13;335(8681):113–114. doi: 10.1016/0140-6736(90)90582-p. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Sacks J. J. AIDS in a surgeon. N Engl J Med. 1985 Oct 17;313(16):1017–1018. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198510173131610. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Welch J., Webster M., Tilzey A. J., Noah N. D., Banatvala J. E. Hepatitis B infections after gynaecological surgery. Lancet. 1989 Jan 28;1(8631):205–207. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(89)91213-0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from BMJ : British Medical Journal are provided here courtesy of BMJ Publishing Group

RESOURCES