Death from Transfusion-Transmitted Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2017
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...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
2018-08-01
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Series: | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
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Online Access: | https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/8/17-2048_article |