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Gut 1983;24:171-174 doi:10.1136/gut.24.2.171
  • Research Article

Endoscopic transmission of hepatitis B virus.

  1. G G Birnie,
  2. E M Quigley,
  3. G B Clements,
  4. E A Follet,
  5. G Watkinson

      Abstract

      Although transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection has long been recognised as a potential hazard of gastrointestinal endoscopy, there has been little evidence of direct patient-to-patient cross-infection after such procedures. We wish to report a case of type B viral hepatitis almost certainly acquired at endoscopy from an instrument sterilised in the conventional manner, but which had been used on the previous day on a patient with bleeding oesophageal varices who was incubating type B viral hepatitis.

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