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Record number:
1294
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Estimated frequency:
Transfusion-transmitted anaplasmosis frequency varies widely depending on incidence in the donor population, which varies geographically.
Time to detection:
N/A
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Recipient was gunshot wound victim diagnosed by laboratory testing exclusively, including granulocyte inclusions evident on day 5 after transfusion, PCR positive on day 22 after transfusion. Also with thrombocytopenia and granulocyte toxic granulations. Recipient died of unrelated causes.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Recipient PCR positive; donor was IgM and IgG positive 70 days after collection. Co-component was transfused but recipient not tested and died of unrelated causes.
Imputability grade:
2 Probable
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References:
Suggest references:
Townsend, R.L., Moritz, E.D., Fialkow, L.B., Berardi, V. and Stramer, S.L. (2014). Probable transfusion-transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by leukoreduced platelets. Transfusion DOI 10.1111/trf.12675.