Streptococcus agalactiae

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Record number:

1334

Adverse Occurrence type:

MPHO Type:

Estimated frequency:

Disputable but estimated at 350/100,000 platelets

Time to detection:

N/A

Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:

Fever or rigors, tachycardia.

Demonstration of imputability or root cause:

Symptoms of sepsis as defined by surveillance (BaCON), positive gram stain.

Imputability grade:

2 Probable

Groups audience:

Infections -- Bacteria

Keywords:

Streptococcus agalactiae

platelet contamination

References:

Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection in the United States, 1998 through 2000.

Suggest new keywords:

platelet contamination

bacterial sepsis

Streptococcus agalactiae

Reference attachment:

_ Bacteria, Kuehnert, 2001.pdf

Suggest references:

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.

Expert comments for publication:

Report was the result of active surveillance in the BaCON study. Cases were assigned imputability based on symptoms (97% had fever or rigors meeting the definition) and culture (93% had positive gram stain and/or culture in the component implicated). Data was not presented for any individual cases so specifics are unavailable.