02-02-2005, 05:55 AM
I take the test soon and have been reading through the Goljan 100 page notes.
In the Pathology section...it says that the most common form of hepatitis that infects IV drug users in prisons is HBV.
I know that HBV is considered a blood-borne virus...and that HCV is the most common type seen with blood transfusions...and I think HAV is the common form seen in prisons.
what I confused about is this ...I thought that IV drug abuse was pathomnemonically associated with HCV (not HBV as Goljan notes suggest). On these USMLE type of questions, I always associate HBV with sexual contact and HCV with IV drug abuse...what am I missing with this reasoning?
In the Pathology section...it says that the most common form of hepatitis that infects IV drug users in prisons is HBV.
I know that HBV is considered a blood-borne virus...and that HCV is the most common type seen with blood transfusions...and I think HAV is the common form seen in prisons.
what I confused about is this ...I thought that IV drug abuse was pathomnemonically associated with HCV (not HBV as Goljan notes suggest). On these USMLE type of questions, I always associate HBV with sexual contact and HCV with IV drug abuse...what am I missing with this reasoning?