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

Authors

  • Kristian Kofoed
  • Christina Norrbom
  • Ola Forslund
  • Charlotte Møller
  • Ligita P. Frøding
  • Anders Elm Pedersen
  • Algirdas Markauskas
  • Maria Blomberg
  • Jane Baumgartner-Nielsen
  • Jakob Torp Madsen
  • Gitte Strauss
  • Klaus G. Madsen
  • Carsten Sand

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1912

Keywords:

human papillomavirus, HPV, plume, LEEP, carbon dioxide laser, genital warts, condyloma acuminatum, hand warts

Abstract

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

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2014-07-23

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Kofoed, K., Norrbom, C., Forslund, O., Møller, C., Frøding, L. P., Elm Pedersen, A., … Sand, C. (2014). 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. Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 95(2), 173–176. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-1912

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Vol. 95 No. 2 (2015)

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Copyright (c) 2014 Kristian Kofoed, Christina Norrbom, Ola Forslund, Charlotte Møller, Ligita P. Frøding, Anders Elm Pedersen, Algirdas Markauskas, Maria Blomberg, Jane Baumgartner-Nielsen, Jakob Torp Madsen, Gitte Strauss, Klaus G. Madsen, Carsten Sand

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