TY - JOUR
T1 - Low Prevalence of Oral and Nasal Human Papillomavirus in Employees Performing CO2-laser Evaporation of Genital Warts or Loop Electrode Excision Procedure of Cervical Dysplasia
AU - Kofoed, Kristian
AU - Norrbom, Christina
AU - Forslund, Ola
AU - Møller, Charlotte
AU - Frøding, Ligita P
AU - Pedersen, Anders Elm
AU - Markauskas, Algirdas
AU - Blomberg, Maria
AU - Baumgartner-Nielsen, Jane
AU - Madsen, Jakob Torp
AU - Strauss, Gitte
AU - Madsen, Klaus G
AU - Sand, Carsten
PY - 2015/2
Y1 - 2015/2
N2 - Risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission during laser vaporisation of genital warts or loop electrode excision procedure is controversial. An oral rinse, a nasal swabs, history of HPV related diseases and data on HPV exposure were collected from 287 employees at departments of dermato-venerology and gynaecology in Denmark. A mucosal HPV type was found among 5.8% of employees with experience of laser treatment of genital warts as compared to 1.7% of those with no experience (p = 0.12). HPV prevalence was not higher in employees participating in electrosurgical treatment or cryotherapy of genital warts, or loop electrode excision procedure compared with those who did not. HPV 6 or 11 were not detected in any samples. Hand warts after the age of 24 years was more common among dermatology than among non-dermatology personnel (18% vs. 8.0%, p = 0.03). Mucosal HPV types are infrequent in the oral and nasal cavity of health care personnel, however, employees at departments of dermato-venereology are at risk of acquiring hand warts.
AB - Risk of human papillomavirus (HPV) transmission during laser vaporisation of genital warts or loop electrode excision procedure is controversial. An oral rinse, a nasal swabs, history of HPV related diseases and data on HPV exposure were collected from 287 employees at departments of dermato-venerology and gynaecology in Denmark. A mucosal HPV type was found among 5.8% of employees with experience of laser treatment of genital warts as compared to 1.7% of those with no experience (p = 0.12). HPV prevalence was not higher in employees participating in electrosurgical treatment or cryotherapy of genital warts, or loop electrode excision procedure compared with those who did not. HPV 6 or 11 were not detected in any samples. Hand warts after the age of 24 years was more common among dermatology than among non-dermatology personnel (18% vs. 8.0%, p = 0.03). Mucosal HPV types are infrequent in the oral and nasal cavity of health care personnel, however, employees at departments of dermato-venereology are at risk of acquiring hand warts.
U2 - 10.2340/00015555-1912
DO - 10.2340/00015555-1912
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24941064
SN - 0001-5555
VL - 95
SP - 173
EP - 176
JO - Acta Dermatovenereologica
JF - Acta Dermatovenereologica
IS - 2
ER -
