Open AccessTransmission of diseases by blood transfusion
Author(s) -
Seidl Siegfried,
Kühnl Peter
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
world journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.115
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1432-2323
pISSN - 0364-2313
DOI - 10.1007/bf01658456
Subject(s) - medicine , transmission (telecommunications) , blood transfusion , abdominal surgery , cardiac surgery , intensive care medicine , complication , vascular surgery , hepatitis , cardiothoracic surgery , immunology , virology , surgery , electrical engineering , engineering
A major risk of blood transfusion is transmission of infectious diseases. The pattern of these diseases varies in different parts of the world. This article reviews the viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections that can be transmitted by transfusion of blood or blood products. A major part of the article deals with posttransfusion hepatitis, the most frequent complication.