Yersinia enterocolitica transmission from a red cell unit 34 days old

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-63

  McDonald, C P ^a   Barbara, J A J ^a   Hewitt, P E ^a   Hartley, S ^a   Telfer, P ^b   Gale, R ^b   James, E ^b   Prentice, H G ^b  

^a North London Blood Transfusion Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Red cells; Storage period; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD STORAGE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STANDARD; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESERVATION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, ERYTHROBLASTIC, ACUTE; MALE; SEPSIS; SHOCK, SEPTIC; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0030097694     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.1996.d01-53.x     Document Type: Article

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