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Record number:
1302
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Estimated frequency:
Transfusion-transmitted sepsis is the most frequent infectious complication in transfusion, especially in platelets which are stored at room temperature, but is relatively rare as a cause of transfusion reaction overall.
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Unknown, but high levels of endotoxin present, resulting in fatality.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Confirmed; by study inclusion, organism was cultured from unit and from recipient, and isolates were indistinguishable by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
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Kuehnert, M.J., Roth, V.R., Haley, N.R., Gregory, K.R., Elder, K.V., Schreiber, G.B., Arduino, M.J., Holt, S.C., Carson, L.A., Banerjee, S.N. and Jarvis, W.R. (2001). Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection in the United States, 1998 through 2000. Transfsuion 41(12): 1493 -9.