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Transfusion‐Associated Sepsis Caused by Candida parapsilosis
Author(s) -
Pinto Vicente,
Telenti Mauricio,
Palomo Carmen,
Quirós José F. Bernaldo
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2000.7910057.x
Subject(s) - candida parapsilosis , sepsis , medicine , blood transfusion , antibiotics , intensive care unit , fungemia , adverse effect , red blood cell , surgery , intensive care medicine , mycosis , biology , antifungal , microbiology and biotechnology , dermatology
Background and Objectives: The contamination of blood components by bacteria is an adverse event, which, although very uncommon, has an exceptionally high mortality rate. Case Report : A patient suffering from terminal adenocarcinoma of the ovary received a red blood cell unit. During the transfusion, the patient developed fever. Cultures of both the patient's blood and the blood unit were done, and she was treated with antibiotics. Forty‐eight and seventy‐two hours after the transfusion, Candida parapsilosis grew in the blood cultures of the red blood cell bag and of the patient. The infection was controlled with amphotericin. The patient died from cancer progression. Conclusion : We describe the first case of transfusion‐associated sepsis caused by C. parapsilosis .