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15180816

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-7
pubmed:abstractText
Bacterial contamination of blood products causes significant patient morbidity and mortality. Contaminated platelet transfusion is a frequent cause of bacteraemia and sepsis because of the storage conditions of platelets. A fatal case of Morganella morganii platelet transfusion associated with sepsis is described, along with procedures traced back to the isolation of M. morganii from a donor's stool. Molecular typing was performed, and the same M. morganii strain was found in blood and post-mortem organ cultures of platelet recipient and platelet bag and in the donor's stool. The route of contamination is unknown. The contamination could be due to either insufficient venipuncture site disinfection or the donor's transient bacteraemia. Patient died 5 days after the transfusion.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0958-7578
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
237-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-7-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Morganella morganii causing fatal sepsis in a platelet recipient and also isolated from a donor's stool.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Clinical Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. bgolubic@kbc-zagreb.hr
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports