Factors Involved in the onset of infection following bacterially contaminated platelet transfusions

Transfusion of platelet concentrates (PCs) is associated with several adverse patient reactions, the most common of which are febrile non-hemolytic transfusion reactions (FNHTRs) and transfusion-associated bacterial-infection/transfusion-associated sepsis (T-ABI/TA-S). Diagnosis of T-ABI/T-AS requir...

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Main Authors: Joels Wilson-Nieuwenhuis, Mohamed El-Mohtadi, Kurtis Edwards, Kathryn Whitehead, Nina Dempsey-Hibbert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-10-01
Series:Platelets
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537104.2020.1803253