title: A case report of Citrobacter koseri bacteraemia after transfusion of contaminated red cells.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Citrobacter koseri has not been associated to infection caused by blood component transfusions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 46-year-old female patient presented sudden chills, dyspnoea, and tachycardia during a transfusion from a unit of packed red blood cells. Citrobacter koseri was isolated in the two sample collected from the patient and from the content of the packed red blood cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We report a case of bacteraemia due to a transfusion of contaminated red blood cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  C. koseri should be taken into account in bacteraemias caused by transfusion of blood components.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Hospital of the Federal University of Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Oliveira
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Jorge
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D041041:Citrobacter koseri / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004756:Enterobacteriaceae Infections / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D017707:Erythrocyte Transfusion / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged