A case of Staphylococcus aureus septicaemia following platelet transfusion

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 262-263

  Coutinho, H ^a   Galloway, A ^a   Ajdukiewicz, K ^a   Cleeve, V ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORPHENIRAMINE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; GENTAMICIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; CASE REPORT; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRUG SENSITIVITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECZEMA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEVER; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGOR; SPLENECTOMY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL BACTEREMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA;

ADULT; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77749294938     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2007.050492     Document Type: Article

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