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Managing the Consequences of Neurosurgical Intervention in a Patient with Previously Undiagnosed Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2016

Edmond G. Smyth ,
Michael Farrell ,
Daniel G. Healy ,
Caoimhe Finn ,
David O’Brien ,
Donncha F. O’Brien ,
Rachel Howley ,
Patrick Turner  and
Hilary Humphreys
Edmond G. Smyth*
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Michael Farrell
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Daniel G. Healy
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Caoimhe Finn
Affiliation:
Department of Infection Prevention and Control, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
David O’Brien
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Donncha F. O’Brien
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Rachel Howley
Affiliation:
Department of Neuropathology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Patrick Turner
Affiliation:
Central Sterile Supplies Department, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
Hilary Humphreys
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland Department of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
*
Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland (edmondsmyth@beaumont.ie).
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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 35 , Issue 7 , July 2014 , pp. 907 - 908
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© 2014 by The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America. All rights reserved.

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