Record number:
459
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Time to detection:
1 day
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Pain, chills and erythema developed at the surgical site and the patient had a fever of as much as 39°C
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Group-A streptococcal isolates from the blood and hemi patellar tendon allograft tissue of the donor as well as the recipient were T-type 3–13 and M protein gene type 3 (emm3). These isolates were indistinguishable by emm typing and represented a novel subtype, emm3.17.
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
Keywords:
Suggest references:
Invasive group-A streptococcal infection in an allograft recipient. A case report