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
Suggest new keywords: 
platelet contamination
bacterial sepsis
Streptococcus agalactiae
Reference attachment: 
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.