Viral Hepatitis: Multiple Attacks in a Narcotic Addict

Case Reports1 January 1956VIRAL HEPATITIS: MULTIPLE ATTACKS IN A NARCOTIC ADDICTW. PAUL HAVENS JR., M.D.W. PAUL HAVENS JR., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-44-1-199 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe rôle of contaminated instruments, particularly syringes and needles, in the artificial transmission of viral hepatitis is well recognized.1 The fact that certain individuals with or without evidence of hepatic disease may remain carriers of virus in the blood for several years2 emphasizes the importance of this concept and the potential hazards involved in using incompletely sterilized instruments. In this regard, attention has been called to the frequency of occurrence of artificially transmitted hepatitis among narcotic addicts, and the possibility of their being an important source of carriers has been mentioned.3-6Previous reports of hepatitis in addicts have been concerned...Bibliography1. Havens WP: Hepatitis, yellow fever, and dengue, Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 8: 289-310, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. StokesBerkMalamutDrakeBarondessBasheWolmanFarquharBevanDrummondMaycockCappsBennett JJELLMEJAWJIJJDBRJWdRBAM: The carrier state in viral hepatitis, J. A. M. A. 154: 1059-1065 (Mar. 27) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. SteigmannHymanGoldbloom FSR: Infectious hepatitis (homologous serum type) in drug addicts, Gastroenterology 15: 642-646 (Aug.) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. AppelbaumKalkstein EM: Artificial transmission of viral hepatitis among intravenous diacetylmorphine addicts, J. A. M. A. 147: 222-224 (Sept. 15) 1951. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. CardonBeck PVEM: The recent occurrence of hepatitis among drug addicts of New York City, New York State J. Med. 52: 1037-1038 (Apr. 15) 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar6. AltschulFosterPaleyTurner APDSSL: Incidence of hepatitis among narcotic addicts in the Harlem Hospital, New York, Arch. Int. Med. 89: 24-31 (Jan.) 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Havens WP: Infectious hepatitis, Medicine 27: 279-326 (Sept.) 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Received for publication September 16, 1955.From The Pennsylvania Hospital and The Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia.Sponsored by the Commission on Viral Infections, Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, and supported in part by the Office of The Surgeon General, Department of the Army. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byHepatitis C virus: Historical perspective and current conceptNon-A, non-B hepatitisMorphine and methadone impact on human phagocytic physiologyViral HepatitisNon-A, non-B hepatitis. I. Recognition, epidemiology, and clinical featuresNon-A, non-B hepatitis. Serological, clinical, morphological and prognostic aspectsUnrelatedness of factor VIII-derived non-A/non-B hepatitis and hepatitis B virusViral HepatitisChronic non-A, non-B hepatitis: Ultrastructural and serologic studiesHepatitis A: Aspects on Prophylaxis and a Comparison with Hepatitis B and Hepatitis Non-A, Non-B on Epidemiology and PrognosisNON-A, NON-B HEPATITIS IN WEST LONDONCIRCULATING IMMUNE COMPLEXES IN NON-A, NON-B HEPATITISViral hepatitis: Epidemiologic, serologic and clinical manifestationsClinical, Epidemiological and Prognostic Aspects of Hepatitis A, B and “Non-A, Non-B”THE MEDICAL COMPLICATIONS OF NARCOTIC ADDICTION. 2Multiple Hepatitis Viruses in Multiple Attacks of Acute Viral HepatitisEvidence for Viral Hepatitis Other Than Type a or Type B among Persons in Costa RicaRace and risk of hepatitis in narcotic addictsSepticemia in Narcotic AddictsThe prevention of (viral) hepatitisThe Major Medical Complications of Heroin AddictionDONALD B. LOURIA, M.D., F.A.C.P., TERRY HENSLE, B.S., JOHN ROSE, B.S.VirushepatitisOn the Severity of Hepatitis Among Heroin AddictsHOMOLOGOUS SERUM HEPATITIS IN YOUTHFUL HEROIN USERS*ROBERT A. LEVINE, M.D., MARY ANN PAYNE, M.D.Hepatitis infectiosa (Virushepatitis)Parenchymatous Liver Disease (1956-1957)�ber die Immunologie und Epidemiologie der Virushepatitis 1 January 1956Volume 44, Issue 1Page: 199-203KeywordsAddictsBloodChronic hepatitisHepatitis AHepatitis A virusHepatitis EHepatitis E virusHepatitis virusesSurgeonsViral diseases ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1956 PDF downloadLoading ...