A Veterinarian From Vermont Presenting With a Painful Right Index Finger Following a Needlestick Injury That Occurred While Caring for a Dog

Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 12;71(6):1577-1579. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa086.

Authors

Prateek Ghatage¹, Kristen K Pierce¹, Christina Wojewoda², Nicole Mendelson², Jonathan Wilcock², Robert Nesbit³, Christopher D Huston¹, Timothy J Whitman¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA.
³ Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, USA.

PMID: 32918550
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciaa086

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Animals
Dogs
Fingers
Humans
Needlestick Injuries* / complications
Needlestick Injuries* / etiology
Vermont
Veterinarians*