Transfusion-transmitted Streptococcus pneumoniae from a single donor apheresis platelet unit

Journal of Clinical Apheresis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 86-87

  Schuetz, Audrey N ^a   Kost, Christine B ^a   Roback, John D ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; S. pneumoniae; Transfusion transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEVER; GRAM STAINING; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; RIGOR; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

AGED; BLOOD PLATELETS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PLATELETPHERESIS; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 24744462315     PISSN: 07332459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jca.20048     Document Type: Article

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