Failure of Prophylactic Zidovudine after Suicidal Self-Inoculation of HIV-Infected Blood
- 11 April 1991
- journal article
- letter
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (15), 1062
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199104113241512
Abstract
The risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection after an incident with a needle contaminated with infected blood has been estimated to be 0.47 percent.1 After such injuries, zidovudine is usually prescribed to reduce the risks of infection.2 Experience concerning contamination with a large quantity of blood (> 1 ml) is very limited; one case has been well documented.3Keywords
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