tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "HIV transmission as a result of drug market violence: a case report"

Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: HIV transmission as a result of drug market violence: a case report. | Conflict and Health BioMed Central Open Access HIV transmission as a result of drug market violence a case report Will Small 1 Thomas Kerr1 2 and Evan Wood1 2 Address 1British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV AIDS St. Paul s Hospital 608-1081 Burrard Street Vancouver British Columbia V6Z 1Y6 Canada and 2Department of Medicine 2194 Health Sciences Mall University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada Email Will Small - wsmall@ Thomas Kerr - uhri-tk@ Evan Wood - uhri-ew@ Corresponding author Published 18 July 2008 Conflict and Health 2008 2 8 doi 1752-1505-2-8 Received 9 June 2008 Accepted 18 July 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 8 2008 Small et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract While unprotected sexual intercourse and the use of contaminated injection equipment account for the majority of HIV infections worldwide other routes of HIV transmission have received less attention. We report on a case of HIV transmission attributable to illicit drug market violence involving a participant in a prospective cohort study of injection drug users. Data from a qualitative interview was used in addition to questionnaire data and nursing records to document an episode of violence which likely resulted in this individual acquiring HIV infection. The case report demonstrates that the dangers of drug market violence go beyond the immediate physical trauma associated with violent altercations to include the possibility for infectious disease transmission. The case highlights the need to consider antiretroviral post-exposure prophylaxis in cases of drug market violence presenting to the emergency .