Psychrobacter arenosus bacteremia after blood transfusion, France.

• Published in: Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Authors: Caspar, Yvan, Recule, Christine, Pouzol, Patricia, Lafeuillade, Bruno, Mallaret, Marie-Reine, Maurin, Max, Croize, Jacques
• Other Authors: Laboratoire Adaptation et pathogénie des micro-organismes Grenoble (LAPM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF), Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 (UJF)-CHU Grenoble, Département d'Hématologie, CHU Grenoble, Hospital Hygiene Unit
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2013
• Subjects: MESH: Anemia; MESH: Anti-Bacterial Agents; MESH: Moraxellaceae Infections; MESH: Psychrobacter; MESH: RNA; Bacterial; Ribosomal; 16S; MESH: Treatment Outcome; MESH: Bacteremia; MESH: Blood Transfusion; MESH: France; MESH: Humans; MESH: Male; MESH: Microbial Sensitivity Tests; MESH: Middle Aged; MESH: Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; [SDV.BID.EVO]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biodiversity/Populations and Evolution [q-bio.PE]; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00993448; https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121599

International audience We report a case of transfusion-associated bacteremia caused by Psychrobacter arenosus. This psychrotolerant bacterium was previously isolated in 2004 from coastal sea ice and sediments in the Sea of Japan, but not from humans. P. arenosus should be considered a psychrotolerant bacterial species that can cause transfusion-transmitted bacterial infections.