Death from Transfusion-Transmitted Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2017

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Goel, Ruchika ; Westblade, Lars F. ; Kessler, Debra A. ; Sfeir, Maroun ; Slavinski, Sally ; Backenson, Bryon ; Gebhardt, Linda ; Kane, Kathleen ; Laurence, Jeffrey ; Scherr, Douglas ; Bussel, James ; Dumler, J. Stephen ; Cushing, Melissa M. ; Vasovic, Ljljana V.
• Description:
  We report a death from transfusion-transmitted anaplasmosis in a 78-year-old man. The patient died of septic shock 2 weeks after a perioperative transfusion with erythrocytes harboring Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The patient's blood specimens were positive for A. phagocytophilum DNA beginning 7 days after transfusion; serologic testing remained negative until death.
• Subjects:
  Aged Anaplasmosis Anemia Dispatch Erythrocyte Transfusion Factor XI Deficiency Fatal Outcome Humans Male Perioperative Period Shock, Septic Urinary Bladder Neoplasms

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 24(8):1548-1550
• Pubmed ID:
  30016241
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC6056119
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  24
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8ac4f8a9b7b75c3056c2a326ea967b36636ba76c56964e9f827d34daa7416ddf
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/57956/cdc_57956_DS1.pdf
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