A 9News viewer, who wanted to remain anonymous, says her husband tested positive for hepatitis C this week after a major health warning from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
The positive lab results for hepatitis C, shown to 9News, come nearly two weeks after 8,000 people received letters from Colorado’s health department about oral surgeon Dr. Stephen Stein.
Stein is accused of reusing needles and syringes for days at a time on his patients over the course of 12 years.
He had two practices — one in Denver and one in Highlands Ranch.
The woman’s husband went to Stein for several procedures.
In his last procedure, done in September 2009, Stein pulled her husband’s wisdom teeth, she said.
The positive results for hepatitis C came from her husband’s doctor’s office this week, and they have ordered further testing.
Hepatitis C is an infection caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation.
