Acute hepatitis B in a healthcare worker: A case report of genuine vaccination failure

Hepatitis B and the healthcare worker.

of Viral Hepatitis, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention; William L. Atkinson, MD, MPH, medical epidemiologist, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Linda A. Moyer, RN, consultant to the Immunization Action Coalition, for reviewing and updating the following questions and answers. Healthcare workers...

The Vaccination of Hepatitis A

در ایالات متحده آمریکا ۷۵۰۰۰ الی ۱۲۵۰۰۰ مورد هپاتیت حاد در اثر ویروس هپاتیت A در سال گزارش می شود که سالانه ۱۰۰ نفر در اثر این بیماری می میرند که هزینه ای معادل ۲۰۰ میلیون دلار به همراه دارد. ویروس بیماری هپاتیت A از طریق مدفوع - دهانی انتشار پیدا می کند به طوریکه با خوردن غذا یا آب آلوده به این ویروس، فرد بیمار می شود.

Acute renal failure after influenza vaccination: a case report

A fifty-three years old surgeon had acute renal failure consisting with acute tubulo-interstizial nephropaty twelve days after influenza vaccination; he was on statin therapy since one month. He was given steroidal therapy and fully recovered two weeks apart. This is the fourth case report of acute renal failure after influenza vaccination in patients on statins therapy. The case we describe co...

Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination in Hemodialysis Patients: A Necessity for Individualizing of Immunization?

HEPATITIS B VIRUS INFECTION IN AN ANTI-HBC NEGATIVE PATIENT: A CASE REPORT

 ABSTRACT One of the best reliable markers of hepatitis B virus infection is antibodies to the core antigen (Anti-HBc). A first-time blood donor with HBsAg positivity was identified as an HBV carrier that was anti-HBc negative. The patient was followed for 24 months in order to investigate the evolution of his HBV serological profiles and HBVDNA (PCR). In the follow-up for 24 months, HBsAg, HBe...