Bacterial Sepsis: Further Reading

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  1. American Association of Blood Banks. Requirement for the implementation of bacterial detection methods. AABB Bulletin March 3, 2004.
  2. America's Blood Centers. Bacterial contamination of blood components. (pdf file) Blood Bulletin Jul 2000;3(2).
  3. Blajchman MA, Goldman M. Bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates: incidence, significance, and prevention. Semin Hematol 2001 Oct; 38(4 Suppl 11): 20-6. [ Medline ]
  4. Blajchman MA, Goldman M, Baeza F. Improving the bacteriological safety of platelet transfusions. Transfus Med Rev. 2004 Jan;18(1):11-24. [ Full Text ] [ Medline ]
  5. Brecher ME, Holland PV, Pineda AA, Tegtmeier GE, Yomtovian R. Growth of bacteria in inoculated platelets: implications for bacteria detection and the extension of platelet storage. Transfusion. 2000 Nov;40(11):1308-12. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]
  6. CDC. Assessment of the frequency of blood component bacterial contamination associated transfusion reaction. (slide show outlining the BaCon Study Adverse Reaction in USA from 1997-2000) Also see recipient adverse reaction forms.
  7. Chang AH, Kirsch CM, Mobashery N, Johnson N, Levitt LJ. Streptococcus bovis septic shock due to contaminated transfused platelets. Am J Hematol. 2004 Nov; 77(3): 282-6. [Medline]
  8. Goldman M, Blajchman MA. Bacterial contamination. In: Popovsky MA, ed. Transfusion reactions, 2nd ed. Bethesda, MD: AABB Press;2001. p.129-54.
  9. Golubic-Cepulic B, Budimir A, Plecko V, Plenkovic F, Mrsic M, Sarlija D, Vuk T, Skrlin J, Kalenic S, Labar B. Morganella morganii causing fatal sepsis in a platelet recipient and also isolated from a donor’s stool. Transfus Med. 2004 Jun; 14(3): 237-40. [Medline]
  10. Hillyer CD, Josephson CD, Blajchman MA, Vostal JG, Epstein JS, Goodman JL. Bacterial contamination of blood components: risks, strategies, and regulation: Joint ASH and AABB Educational Session in Transfusion Medicine. Hematology (Am Soc Hematol Educ Program). 2003;:575-89. [ Medline ]
  11. Jafari MJ, Forsberg J, Gilcher RO, Smith JW, Crutcher JM, McDermott M, Brown BR, George JN. Salmonella sepsis caused by a platelet transfusion from a donor with a pet snake. NEJM Oct 3, 2002: 14 Vol 347: 1075-1078.
  12. Kim DM, Brecher ME, Bland LA, Estes TJ, Carmen RA, Nelson EJ. Visual identification of bacterially contaminated red cells. Transfusion 1992 Mar-Apr;32(3):221-5. [ Medline ]
  13. Kopko PM, Holland PV. Mechanisms of severe transfusion reactions. Transfus Clin Biol 2001 Jun;8(3):278-81. [ Medline ]
  14. Kuehnert MJ, Roth VR, Haley NR, Gregory KR, Elder KV, Schreiber GB, et al. Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection in the United States, 1998 through 2000. Transfusion 2001 Dec; 41(12): 1493-9. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]
  15. Lee, JH. Workshop on Bacterial Contamination of Platelets. CBER, FDA September 24, 1999.(June 1, 2000).
  16. Reading FC, Brecher ME. Transfusion-related bacterial sepsis. Curr Opin Hematol. Nov. 2001;8(6)380-6. [ Medline ]
  17. Roth VR, Kuehnert MJ, Haley NR, Gregory KR, Schreiber GB, Arduino MJ, et al. Evaluation of a reporting system for bacterial contamination of blood components in the United States. Transfusion 2001 Dec; 41(12): 1486-92. [ Full text ] [ Medline ]
  18. Wagner SJ. Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection: risks, sources and interventions. Vox Sang. 2004 Apr; 86(3): 157-63.