title: Platelet transfusion reactions: febrile nonhemolytic reaction or bacterial contamination? Diagnosis, detection, and current preventive modalities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center and the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Grocott
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000382:microbiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005334:Fever / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D017713:Platelet Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects*