Psychrobacter arenosus Bacteremia after Blood Transfusion, France

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 tha...

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Published in:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Authors: Yvan Caspar, Christine Recule, Patricia Pouzol, Bruno Lafeuillade, Marie-Reine Mallaret, Max Maurin, Jacques Croize
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Subjects:
Psychrobacter arenosus
bacteria
bacteremia
transfusion-transmitted infection
blood transfusion
France
Medicine
R
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Sea ice
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121599
https://doaj.org/article/71b8c8a65ea240f48f213dfe6b1bca47
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Summary: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.

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