Bartonellosis as cause of death after red blood cell unit transfusion

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 151-154

  Magalhaes, Renata Ferreira ^a,b   Urso Pitassi, Luiza Helena ^a   Lania, Bruno Grosselli ^a   Barjas Castro, Maria Lourdes ^a   Neves Ferreira Velho, Paulo Eduardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b School of Medical Sciences   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bartonella; Bartonella infections; Erythrocyte transfusion; Iatrogenic disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APLASTIC ANEMIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACKACHE; BARTONELLA; BARTONELLOSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEVER; HUMAN; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RETINA HEMORRHAGE; SHOCK; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

ADULT; ANEMIA, APLASTIC; BARTONELLA INFECTIONS; CAUSE OF DEATH; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE;

BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA SP.;

EID: 70149108395     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913120902785567     Document Type: Article

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