Recipient sepsis caused by Lactococcus garvieae contamination of platelets from a donor with colon cancer.
bacterial contamination
blood safety
donor health
platelet transfusion
Journal
Vox sanguinis
ISSN: 1423-0410
Titre abrégé: Vox Sang
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0413606
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Feb 2019
Feb 2019
Historique:
received:
01
06
2018
revised:
16
11
2018
accepted:
19
11
2018
pubmed:
15
12
2018
medline:
12
4
2019
entrez:
15
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Lactococcus garvieae is a well-known fish pathogen that has low virulence in humans and is rarely isolated from the blood cultures of endocarditis patients. We describe herein the first reported case of transfusion-transmitted L. garvieae sepsis caused by a contaminated platelet concentrate from a donor who consumed raw octopus before blood donation. Retrospective examination of the laboratory results of the index donor revealed that his haemoglobin levels had been steadily decreasing, which led to the detection of a latent colon cancer. The donors with colon lesions involving a latent cancer may relate an asymptomatic bacteremia.
Substances chimiques
Hemoglobins
0
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
182-184Informations de copyright
© 2018 International Society of Blood Transfusion.