Streptococcus agalactiae sepsis after transfusion of a plateletpheresis concentrate: Benefit of donor evaluation

Transfusion

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 649-651

  Stevens, Wesley T ^b   Bolan, Charles D ^b   Oblitas, Jaime M ^b   Stroncek, David F ^b   Bennett, John E ^b   Leitman, Susan F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON SURGERY; COLONOSCOPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; OCCULT BLOOD; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE; URINE CULTURE;

AGED; BLOOD DONORS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELETPHERESIS; SEPSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645296054     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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