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Exposure to Biological Fluids in Dental Practice—Narrative Review on Appropriate Risk Assessment to Guide Post-Exposure Management

Pathogens, 2023
Accidental exposure to blood or other biological fluids is a common occurrence in dentistry, and its post-exposure management is a key component of infection prevention and control programs designed to prevent the transmission of blood-borne pathogens ...
Mihai Săndulescu, Mihnea Ioan Nicolescu, Cristian Funieru, Gülşen Özkaya Şahin, Oana Săndulescu   +4 more
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P-1398. Implementation of a Doxycycline for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Protocol at a Large Academic HIV Clinic [PDF]

Open Forum Infect Dis
Rachael Pellegrino, Matthew Lokant, Nishant Patel, C Vojtek, P. Jagadeesan, Akira Ito, Richard M Merkhofer, Emily Moore, Kaitlyn Reasoner, Michael Zou, Austin Katona, Megan Turner, Junfeng Zhang, Christopher Terndrup, Sean G. Kelly, Casey Smiley   +15 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

High-risk Sexual Behavior is Associated with Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Non-adherence among Men who have Sex with Men Enrolled in a Combination Prevention Intervention. [PDF]

, 2013
Methamphetamine use among men who have sex with men (MSM) is associated with increased HIV prevalence, due to increased engagement in high-risk sexual behavior.
Fletcher, Jesse B, Landovitz, Raphael J, Le, Hung, Reback, Cathy J, Rusow, Joshua A   +4 more
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COVID-19: Time for Post-Exposure Prophylaxis? [PDF]

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020
From a healthcare perspective, infection due to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2) and the ensuing syndrome called COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) represents the biggest challenge the world has faced in several decades. Particularly worrisome are the high contagiousness of the virus and the saturation
Gentile I., Maraolo A. E., Piscitelli P., Colao A.   +3 more
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The art of HIV elimination: past and present science [PDF]

, 2015
Introduction: Remarkable strides have been made in controlling the HIV epidemic, although not enough to achieve epidemic control. More recently, interest in biomedical HIV control approaches has increased, but substantial challenges with the HIV cascade ...
de Oliveira, T., Fisher, M., Lwuji, C.C., McGrath, N., Newell, M.-L., Newport, M., Pillay, D., Porter, K.   +7 more
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Highlights from the 24th conference on retroviruses and opportunistic infections, 13-16 February 2017, Seattle, Washington, USA [PDF]

, 2017
From the 13th to 16th February 2017, researchers from around the world convened for the 24th annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, Washington.
Bhagani, Sanjay, Colby, Donn J, Crowell, Trevor A, Gathogo, Esther N, Hill, Andrew, Hsu, Denise, Kinloch, Sabine, Lyall, Hermione, Malatinková, Eva, Polyak, Christina, Psomas, Christina, Trypsteen, Wim, Vandekerckhove, Linos   +12 more
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Implant Prophylaxis: The Next Best Practice Toward Asepsis in Spine Surgery. [PDF]

, 2018
Study designA literature review.ObjectivesAn evaluation of the contaminants prevalent on implants used for surgery and the aseptic methods being employed against them.MethodsPubMed was searched for articles published between 2000 and 2017 for studies ...
Agarwal, Aakash, Agarwal, Anand, Anand, Neel, Garfin, Steve R, Goel, Vijay K, Schultz, Christian, Wang, Jeffrey C   +6 more
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Occupational infection to Brucella abortus B19 vaccine despite antimicrobial prophylaxis

Medicina, 2021
The authors report the case of a veterinarian who acquired brucellosis infection by accidental exposure to Brucella abortus vaccine (BRUCEL-VET B19) while performing animal vaccination.
Alexandre Sampaio Moura, Letícia Mattos Menezes, Marcelle Amaral de Matos, Cynthya Magalhães Costa, Bruna Arantes Borges   +4 more
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The history and evolution of the clinical effectiveness of haemophilia type a treatment: a systematic review. [PDF]

, 2012
First evidence of cases of haemophilia dates from ancient Egypt, but it was when Queen Victoria from England in the 19th century transmitted this illness to her descendants, when it became known as the "royal disease".
A Aleem, A Farrugia, A Miners, A Mocroft, AL Dunn, BA Konkle, BL Evatt, BM Feldman, CA Lee, CL Poel Van der, Claudia P. Casas, D Dimichele, D Dimichele, E Berntorp, E Berntorp, E Santagostino, Hector E. Castro, J Astermark, J Goudemand, J Oldenburg, J Stachnik, J Tusell, J Wight, Juan David Rueda, K Porter, L Valentino, L Valentino, LM Aledort, M Carcao, M Carcao, M Depka Von, M Franchini, M Lloyd, M Makris, María Fernanda Briceño, MD Carcao, MV Ragni, P Petrini, PM Mannucci, PM Mannucci, R Prabhu, S Royal, SA Larsson, SC Darby, SC Gouw, T Wong, TL Chorba, VS Blanchette, WK Hoots   +48 more
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Exploring Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) and Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Knowledge in Incarcerated Men

American Journal of Men's Health, 2022
People who are incarcerated have a disproportionately high risk of contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). While there is no known cure for HIV, there are biomedical approaches that can successfully manage the virus and prevent its transmission ...
Pamela Valera, Zaire S. Ali, Diamond Cunningham, Christopher McLaughlin, Sebastian Acevedo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source