Fatal Clostridium perfringens sepsis from a pooled platelet transfusion

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-22

  McDonald, C P ^a   Hartley, S ^b   Orchard, K ^b   Hughes, G ^c   Brett, M M ^a   Hewitt, P E ^a   Barbara, J A J ^a  

^a Nalional Blood Service North London   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Clostridium perfringens; Pooled platelet

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD STORAGE; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; FATALITY; FECES; GAS GANGRENE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; PHLEBOTOMY; SEPTIC SHOCK; SKIN; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAEROBIOSIS; ARM; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FECES; GAS GANGRENE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; PHLEBOTOMY; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; SHOCK, SEPTIC; SKIN;

EID: 0032030971     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3148.1998.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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