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: Caspar, Yvan, Recule, Christine, Pouzol, Patricia, Lafeuillade, Bruno, Mallaret, Marie-Reine, Maurin, Max, Croize, Jacques
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
Subjects:
Dispatch
Sea ice
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713977
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23764120
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1907.121599
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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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