Fatal Clostridium perfringens sepsis from a pooled platelet transfusion

A male patient with acute myeloid leukaemia received a pooled platelet preparation prepared by Opti‐pressTM system on the last day of its shelf life. The patient collapsed after two‐thirds of the contents had been transfused. Clostridium perfringens was isolated from the platelet bag within 18 h of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) England), 1998-03, Vol.8 (1), p.19-22
Hauptverfasser:	McDonald, C P, Hartley, S, Orchard, K, Hughes, G, Brett, M M, Hewitt, P E, Barbara, J A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acute Disease Adult Anaerobiosis Arm - microbiology Bacteremia - microbiology Bacteremia - transmission bacterial contamination Bacterial Toxins - adverse effects Bacterial Toxins - biosynthesis Blood Donors Blood Platelets - microbiology Blood Preservation - instrumentation Clostridium perfringens Clostridium perfringens - isolation & purification Equipment Contamination Fatal Outcome Feces - microbiology Gas Gangrene - microbiology Gas Gangrene - transmission Hand Disinfection Humans Infection Control - methods Leukemia, Myeloid - therapy Male Phlebotomy - methods Platelet Transfusion - adverse effects pooled platelet Shock, Septic - etiology Skin - microbiology
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