J Hosp Infect. 1991 Jun;18 Suppl A:191-6.

Surgeons with HIV infection: the risk to patients.

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Department of Preventive Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232.

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The risk of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission from an infected surgeon to a patient is probably very low. In separate studies, the patients of four surgeons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) have been followed up; no evidence of transmission was found. However, a recent report suggests that a dentist with AIDS may have transmitted HIV infection to a patient during the extraction of two molar teeth. Whether HIV-infected health care workers who perform invasive procedures ought to be obliged to discontinue or modify their practice continues to be debated.

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