Jornal de AIDS e Pesquisa Clínica

Needle Stick Injury by Aqueous Humor of a 31-year-Old PCR-Positive HIV Patient: A Case Report

Abstract

Bahram Bohrani Sefidan and Amin Dehghani Sanij*

Background: Health worker Needle-stick injury (NSI) by internal body fluids can transmit serious pathogens like HIV. Considering Principles of personal and occupational care, plays an important role in prevention of such events.

Case presentation: A health worker suffered needle stick injury by aqueous humor of a PCR-positive HIV patient while he was recapping needle despite necessary preparations.

Conclusions: NSI by Aqueous humor which is secreted from blood, can theoretically transmit blood borne pathogens like HIV. Nevertheless, there is neither any report of aqueous humor NSI nor HIV transmission in this way. Based on our best knowledge this case is the first report represents HIV+ aqueous humor NSI and further evidence is required. Considering literature, we cannot conclude whether there was a need for PEP in our case.