Streptococcus pneumoniae septicemia associated with red blood cell transfusion

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1520-1521

  Polizzotto, Mark N ^a   Neo, Hing ^a   Spelman, Denis ^a   Shortt, Jake ^a   Cole Sinclair, Merrole F ^a   Borosak, Marija ^b   Wong, Ping ^b   Wood, Erica M ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PANCYTOPENIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMANS; MALE; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 52049086924     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01764.x     Document Type: Letter

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