title: [Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. Recommended precautions for patient management and diagnostic procedures (author's transl)].
abstract: The virus of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease differs from conventional viruses in its extraordinary resistance to commonly used physical and chemical methods of decontamination. Autoclaving the virus for 1 hour at 121 degrees C and 2 atmospheres pressure is the most certain means for achieving total inactivation. Exposure to 5 p. 100 hypochlorite for several hours can also totally inactivate the virus, and exposure to phenol or potassium permanganate is probably effective, but as yet insufficiently tested.
mesh_terms: D001344:Autopsy; D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000635:transmission; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: La maladie de Creutzfeldt et Jakob. Précautions pour les gestes diagnostiques, thérapeutiques: les nécropsies.