Death from transfusion-transmitted anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2017

Ruchika Goel; Lars F. Westblade; Debra A. Kessler; Maroun Sfeir; Sally Slavinski; Bryon Backenson; Linda Gebhardt; Kathleen Kane; Jeffrey Laurence; Douglas Scherr; James Bussel; J. Stephen Dumler; Melissa M. Cushing; Ljljana V. Vasovic

doi:10.3201/eid2408.172048

Death from transfusion-transmitted anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2017

Ruchika Goel^*
, Lars F. Westblade
, Debra A. Kessler
, Maroun Sfeir
, Sally Slavinski
, Bryon Backenson
, Linda Gebhardt
, Kathleen Kane
, Jeffrey Laurence
, Douglas Scherr
, James Bussel
, J. Stephen Dumler
, Melissa M. Cushing
, Ljljana V. Vasovic

^*Corresponding author for this work

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1548-1550
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	24
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2408.172048
State	Published - Aug 2018

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Death from transfusion-transmitted anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2017

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