PMID: 11604579Oct 18, 2001Paper

Transfusion-related bacterial sepsis

Current Opinion in Hematology
F C Reading, M E Brecher

Abstract

Transfusion-associated bacterial sepsis is a persistent problem in transfusion medicine, posing a greater threat than the combined risks of receiving a blood product contaminated with HIV-1 or 2, hepatitis C virus (HCV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), and human T-cell lymphtrophic virus (HTVL) -I or -II. This article provides a brief overview of the current incidence, clinical presentation, associated blood products and organisms, and the most feasible and effective methods available to reduce the potential risk of transfusion-associated sepsis. Because bacterial contamination of blood products is the most frequent cause of transfusion-transmitted infectious disease, and as no single existing strategy can completely eliminate its risk, it is important that clinical suspicion be high, and any partial solutions additively be implemented.

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