Record number:
470
Adverse Occurrence type:
MPHO Type:
Time to detection:
6 - 7 weeks
Alerting signals, symptoms, evidence of occurrence:
Fever, headache, pancytopenia, sepsis-like syndrome.
Demonstration of imputability or root cause:
Imputability proven. Donor: Mycobacterium tuberculosis grew from CSF and spleen tissue 3 weeks after death. Recipients of both kidneys became infected: AFB (acid- fast bacilli) positive in bone marrow, TB cultured from blood, urine, liver, spleen and lungs. Recipients' TB same genotype and RFLP profile as donor's.
Imputability grade:
3 Definite/Certain/Proven
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