Infectious Diseases

Findings in infectious diseases reported from Northwestern University

Published in Hepatitis Weekly, January 18th, 2010

"Public Health Service (PHS) guidelines developed in 1994 provide guidance to minimize the risk of HIV transmission and to monitor recipients following the transplantation of ''high-risk'' organs. There are no data on current practices or opinions of these policies by transplant infectious diseases (TID) physicians," researchers in the United States report.

"An electronic survey was sent to all US solid organ transplatation centers with identified TID expertise as self-reported to the American Society of Transplantation and Infectious Diseases Society of America. A total of 108 surveys were sent in December 2007 and 32 responses were received (30%). Thirty-three percent...

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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2010-01-18)

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