Serum Hepatitis Following Dental Procedures: A Presentation of 15 Cases, Including Three Fatalities

Article1 September 1956SERUM HEPATITIS FOLLOWING DENTAL PROCEDURES: A PRESENTATION OF 15 CASES, INCLUDING THREE FATALITIESFRANCIS E. FOLEY, M.D., RALPH N. GUTHEIM, M.D.FRANCIS E. FOLEY, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, RALPH N. GUTHEIM, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-45-3-369 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHomologous serum hepatitis occurring after administration of blood, plasma and certain derivatives has been well documented and is considered a calculated risk. In recent years another source of serum hepatitis has been recognized. It occurs after the skin has been punctured for therapeutic, diagnostic or cosmetic reasons. Epidemiologic studies of needle or syringe hepatitis are infrequent except for sporadic reports indicating that transmission has occurred in diabetic clinics,1syphilitic clinics,2among narcotic addicts,3and during tattooing4and other procedures involving skin penetration.5, 6Apparently persons in the prodromal stage of serum hepatitis, or those with a subclinical infection, can be...Bibliography1. Droller H: An outbreak of hepatitis in a diabetic clinic, Brit. M. J. 1: 623 (May 5) 1945. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. BeattieMarshall JJ: The aetiology of postarsphenamine jaundice, Brit. M. J. 1: 547 (Apr. 22) 1944. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. AltschulFosterPaleyTurner APDSSL: Incidence of hepatitis among narcotic addicts in the Harlem Hospital, New York, Arch. Int. Med. 89: 24 (Jan.) 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. Smith BF: Occurrence of hepatitis in recently tattooed service personnel, J. A. M. A. 144: 1074 (Nov. 25) 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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Y.*Received for publication March 17, 1956.From the Department of Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Francis E. Foley, M.D., 56 Aldine Street, Rochester, N. Y. 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Pilot study of involuntary aspiration of bacteria into hypodermic needles and anesthetic cartridges after injectionParenchymatous Liver Disease (1956-1957)Viral HepatitisPATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUSSERUM HEPATITIS AFTER DENTAL INJECTIONS 1 September 1956Volume 45, Issue 3Page: 369-380KeywordsAutopsy pathologyBlood plasmaEpidemiologyHepatitisHepatitis AHepatitis EHospital medicineInfectious hepatitisSkin infectionsStatistical distributions Issue Published: 1 September 1956 PDF DownloadLoading ...