Fatal Yersinia enterocolitica transfusion reaction.
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Transfusion-transmitted Yersinia enterocolitica sepsis.
Bacterial sepsis has become the most frequent infectious complication of transfusion. Although Yersinia enterocolitica is a common enteropathogen usually causing relatively mild disease, it is nevertheless a prominent cause of life-threatening post-transfusion infection. To gain a better understanding of the clinical presentation and prognosis of this rare occurrence, we performed a systematic ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.9.796-a