title: [Case report of the contamination of preserved blood with Klebsiella oxytoca and Serratia liquefaciens].
abstract: It will be reported on six transfusion reactions. In five cases the blood units - collected in glass containers - were contaminated with K. oxytoca serotype K 17. In addition K. oxytoca and also S. liquefaciens could be demonstrated in other not transfused blood bottles which originated from the same period of production. By means of the coincident evidence of the species in the pilot tubes as well as with regards to the sequence of operations during the withdrawal of blood and the use of glass containers, hygienic grievances were responsible for the microbial contamination of the transfusion bottles.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D001771:Blood Banks; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000295:instrumentation; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000295:instrumentation; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007709:Klebsiella / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012705:Serratia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D065227:Transfusion Reaction
vernacular_title: Kasuistischer Beitrag zur Kontamination von Blutkonserven mit Klebsiella oxytoca und Serratia liquefaciens.