HTLV-III Exposure during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- 19 December 1985
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 313 (25), 1606-1607
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198512193132512
Abstract
To the Editor: There have been no confirmed occupation-related cases of AIDS in health care workers in the United States.1 We have been following two nurses who participated in mouth-to-mouth resuscitation of a patient with the AIDS-related complex, who was positive for human T-cell lymphotropic virus Type III/lymphadenopathy-associated virus (HTLV-III/LAV), and we here report their seronegativity nine months after exposure.A 28-year-old man who had classic hemophilia treated with factor VIII concentrates and was known to abuse oral analgesics intravenously was diagnosed as having AIDS-related complex on the basis of viral isolation, leukopenia, weight loss, and persistent adenopathy. HTLV-III/LAV infection . . .Keywords
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