Transfusion-transmitted bacterial infection: risks, sources and interventions
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Transfusion-Transmitted Bacterial, Viral and Protozoal Infections
Blood transmitted infection is the commonest cause of death after blood transfusion. All patients on regular packed cell volume (PCV) or any blood component are at increased risk of transfusion transmitted infections. The etiological agents can be virus, bacteria or protozoa. These organisms can cause clinical sickness in recipient, can persist in him as carrier state or can cause asymptomatic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Vox Sanguinis
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0042-9007,1423-0410
DOI: 10.1111/j.0042-9007.2004.00410.x