Screening of platelet concentrates for bacterial contamination: Spectrum of bacteria detected, proportionof transfused units, and clinical follow-up

Annals of Hematology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-91

  Walther Wenke, Gabriele ^a,i   Schrezenmeier, Hubert ^b   Deitenbeck, Robert ^c   Geis, Gabriele ^d   Burkhart, Jürgen ^e   Höchsmann, Britta ^b   Sireis, Walid ^f   Schmidt, Michael ^f   Seifried, Erhard ^f   Gebauer, Wolfgang ^g   Liebscher, Ute Maja ^h   Weinauer, Franz ^e   Müller, Thomas H ^g  

^a German Red Cross Blood Service West   (Germany)

^b University of Ulm   (Germany)

^c German Red Cross Blood Service West   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^e Bavarian Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service   (Germany)

^f German Red Cross Blood Service Baden Wuerttemberg Hessia and Ost   (Germany)

^g Institute Springe   (Germany)

^h German Red Cross Blood Service Baden Wuerttemberg Hessia and Ost   (Germany)

ⁱ DRK Blutspendedienst West   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial screening; Contamination; Platelet concentrates; Septic transfusion reaction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; FEVER; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCREENING TEST; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CAPITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SACCHAROLYTIC; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD PLATELETS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

EID: 71349085176     PISSN: 09395555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00277-009-0762-2     Document Type: Article

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