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Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Nombres alternativos:

Encefalopatía espongiforme transmisible; CJD; vCJD

Prevención:

El riesgo de transferencia del organismo por medio de equipos o tejidos es minimizado por el médico. Los equipos utilizados en el tratamiento son esterilizados para matar los organismos que pueden causar la enfermedad. Se descarta el uso de córneas para transplantes cuyos donantes potenciales presenten antecedentes médicos de enfermedad de Creutzfeld-Jakob diagnosticada o posible.

En la actualidad, la mayoría de los países tienen directrices rigurosas para el manejo de las vacas infectadas y restricciones severas en relación con el alimento que se les suministra, para evitar el potencial de transmisión de la enfermedad de Creutzfeld-Jakob a los humanos.

Referencias:

Llewelyn CA, Hewitt PE, et al. Possible transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease by blood transfusion. Lancet 2004;363:417-421.

Peden AH, Head MW, et al. Preclinical vCJD after blood transfusion in a PRNP codon 129 heterozygous patient. Lancet 2004;264:527-529.

Brown P, Will RG, Bradley R, Asher DM, Detwiler L. Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Background, Evolution, and Current Concerns. EID . January-February 2001; 7(1):6-16.

Noble J. Textbook of Primary Care Medicine . 3rd ed. St. Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2001:1551-1569.

Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Sistema nervioso central

Fecha de revisión: 10/17/2005
Versión en inglés revisada por: Kevin Sheth, M.D., Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
Traducción y localización realizada por: DrTango, Inc.

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