title: Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection.
abstract: Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection is a persistent but often underemphasized problem facing transfusion medicine today. The present status of bacterial contamination of red cells, platelet products and plasma, frequency of contamination, and types of organisms implicated is reviewed. Current methods of prevention and detection are discussed, as well as typical clinical presentations and therapy.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Brecher
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D001782:Blood Donors; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000382:microbiology; D001793:Blood Preservation / Q000379:methods; D015925:Cryopreservation; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology; D013997:Time Factors; D065227:Transfusion Reaction; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D015009:Yersinia Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D015008:Yersinia enterocolitica / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents