Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus meningitis after needlestick injury: a case report

Dräger, Sarah; Marx, Anna-Friederike; Pigny, Fiona; Cherpillod, Pascal; Eisermann, Philip; Sendi, Parham; Widmer, Andreas F

doi:10.1186/s13756-019-0524-4

Scientific article

Case report

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Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus meningitis after needlestick injury: a case report

ContributorsDräger, Sarah; Marx, Anna-Friederike; Pigny, Fiona; Cherpillod, Pascal; Eisermann, Philip; Sendi, Parham; Widmer, Andreas F

Published inAntimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, vol. 8, 77

Publication date2019

Abstract

Needlestick accidents while handling of infectious material in research laboratories can lead to life-threatening infections in laboratory personnel. In laboratories working with the lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV), the virus can be transmitted to humans through needlestick injury and lead to serious acute illness up to meningitis.

Keywords

Accidental infection
Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus
Meningitis
Needlestick injury
RT-PCR

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine

Research groups

Virologie clinique (668)

Citation (ISO format)

DRÄGER, Sarah et al. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus meningitis after needlestick injury: a case report. In: Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 2019, vol. 8, p. 77. doi: 10.1186/s13756-019-0524-4

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PID : unige:136098
DOI : 10.1186/s13756-019-0524-4
PMID : 31139360

Additional URL for this publicationhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6528361/

Journal ISSN2047-2994

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