Transfusion-associated Serratia marcescens infection: studies of the mechanism of action.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to explore the molecular basis of the p phenotype by analysis of the recently cloned 4-alpha-galactosyltransferase gene responsible for synthesis of Pk (Gb3) antigen. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Forty samples from individuals of eight different nationalities were investigated by s...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hellberg A,Steffensen R,Yahalom V,Sojka BN,Heier HE,Levene C,Poole J,Olsson ML

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The incidence of bloodborne AIDS and the total incidence of AIDS in various areas of the United States are strongly correlated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:To determine whether the same held true for Western Europe, data for 1985 through 1993 from the World Health Organization's European Non-Aggregate AIDS Dat...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dal Maso L,Franceschi S,Lo Re A,De Angelis V,La Vecchia C

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of newborn infants who required exchange transfusion was undertaken to evaluate the risk of transmission of cytomegalovirus (CMV). Buffy coat-, urine- and saliva-saturated throat swabs for viral cultures and serum specimens for CMV complement-fixing (CF) antibody were obtained from 45 infant-mother...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kumar A,Nankervis GA,Cooper AR,Gold E,Kumar ML

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The platelet (PLT) Pan Genera Detection test (PGD) is a rapid bacterial detection system used to screen PLTs for bacterial contamination. We report a single center 46-month experience with secondary screening of apheresis PLTs by PGD testing. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Existing testing records of apheresis PL...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dunbar NM,Kreuter JD,Marx-Wood CR,Dumont LJ,Szczepiorkowski ZM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the implementation of universal WBC reduction in the United Kingdom, in-process WBC-reduction filters for pooled buffy coat (BC)-derived platelet concentrates (PCs) are used in routine production. The effects of three filter/storage bag combinations on platelet activation and microvesiculation and on th...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Krailadsiri P,Seghatchian J,Williamson LM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the clinical significance of red blood cell (RBC) alloantibodies, there are currently no laboratory tests available to predict which patients may be at risk of antibody formation after transfusion exposure. Given their phagocytic and inflammatory functions, we hypothesized that differences in circula...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Balbuena-Merle R,Curtis SA,Devine L,Gibb DR,Karafin MS,Luckey CJ,Tormey CA,Siddon AJ,Roberts JD,Hendrickson JE

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-Rd (Radin) was first described in association with five cases of hemolytic disease of the newborn. The authors report an anti-Rd that was demonstrated following the transfusion of a Radin positive unit of blood. The antibody appears to be of the IgG immunoglobulin class and increased in titer following the transf...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Winn LC,Eska PL,Grindon AJ

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Umbilical cord blood (UCB) is a source of hematopoietic stem cells for transplantation, offering an alternative for patients unable to find a matched adult donor. UCB is also a versatile source of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (hCD34 + HSPCs) for research into hematologic diseases, in vitro expansi...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mata MF,Hernandez D,Rologi E,Grandolfo D,Hassan E,Hua P,Kallmeier R,Hirani S,Heuts F,Tittrea V,Choo Y,Baradez MO,Watt SM,Tarunina M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple methods have been developed for adding and removing glycerol during freeze-preservation with 20 per cent W/V glycerol at minus 150 C, or with 40 per cent W/V glycerol at minus 80 C. A one-step method with a 35 per cent W/V glycerol solution is used to prepare 20 per cent W/V glycerolized red blood cells, and a ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Valeri CR

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient who had a previous anaphylactoid reaction to albumin required plasma exchange for myasthenia gravis. She was rechallenged with albumin from a different manufacturer after premedication with diphenhydramine. No adverse reaction occurred during five exchanges over a 10-day period. Possible pathogenic mechanism...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Edelman BB,Straughn MA,Getz P,Schwartz E

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Uncommonly, antibodies that appear to exhibit antigenic specificity on red blood cell (RBC) panels fail to maintain specificity following alloadsorption (i.e., they mimic antigenic specificity). Understanding both the pitfalls and the proper pathways to establish the diagnosis and to interpret the clinical s...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Dwyre DM,Clapper A,Heintz M,Elbert C,Strauss RG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The whole blood electrical conductivity method for predonation hematocrit determinations was studied. Forty capillary and venous blood samples were tested concurrently with electrical conductivity and centrifugation methods. The electrical conductivity method demonstrated acceptable accuracy but was less precise than ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Schifman RB,Rivers SL,Delduca M

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:EDTA is added to some commercial A and B cells as a means of preventing hemolysis in serum testing. Unexpected results in serum testing have been reported with EDTA-dependent agglutinins, but not with agglutinins inhibited by EDTA. A serum sample was found to contain an anti-A1 undetected by serum testing, but resulti...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Tedrow HE,Zeigler ZR

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Removal of white cells (WBCs) from platelets may reduce alloimmunization to WBC antigens, prevent febrile reactions, and improve platelet increments in multiply transfused patients receiving HLA-matched platelets. A new surface-modified fibrous polyester filter was evaluated; it requires no special processing of poole...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Kickler TS,Bell W,Drew H,Pall D

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An antibody found in the serum of a Japanese blood donor detects a new high-frequency red cell antigen named UMC. UMC is absent from Inab phenotype cells, weakly expressed on Dr(a-) cells, and destroyed by alpha-chymotrypsin but not trypsin treatment of red cells. UMC is, therefore, a Cromer-related antigen. Immunoblo...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Daniels GL,Okubo Y,Yamaguchi H,Seno T,Ikuta M

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Throughout history, blood has been embedded with powerful and paradoxical connotations. In the last decades, a more rational conception based on scientific knowledge has emerged, portraying blood as a "disenchanted" and utilitarian object, hence more apt for donation between strangers. This study aims to exa...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Charbonneau J,Tran NY

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation of platelet concentrates (PCs) may prevent the development of posttransfusion HLA alloimmunization. As irradiation performed in a blood center or a hospital will probably be associated with a variable postirradiation delay before transfusion, the ability to store PCs after UVB irradiati...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Snyder EL,Beardsley DS,Smith BR,Horne W,Johnson R,Wooten T,Napychank PA,Male P,Buchholz DH

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Blood donations collected at the National Blood Center, the Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, in 2007 were tested by nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) using the Chiron TIGRIS/Procleix Ultrio test and the Roche cobas s 201/cobas TaqScreen multiplex (MPX) test. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:The sensitivit...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Phikulsod S,Oota S,Tirawatnapong T,Sakuldamrongpanich T,Chalermchan W,Louisirirotchanakul S,Tanprasert S,Chongkolwatana V,Kitpoka P,Phanuphak P,Wasi C,Nuchprayoon C,Working Group for NAT Study in Thai Blood Donations.

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The usefulness of DNA genotyping for RBC antigens as a tool for the management of multiply-transfused patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) to overcome the limitations of hemagglutination assays was evaluated. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Blood samples from 40 multiply-transfused SCD patients were studied by ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Castilho L,Rios M,Bianco C,Pellegrino J Jr,Alberto FL,Saad ST,Costa FF

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chikungunya (CHIKV), dengue (DENV), and Zika (ZIKV) viruses are of concern due to the potential of transfusion transmission in blood, especially in regions such as Southeast Asia where the viruses are endemic. The recent availability of nucleic acid testing (NAT) to screen blood donations on an automated pla...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Stanley J,Chongkolwatana V,Duong PT,Kitpoka P,Stramer SL,Dung NTT,Grimm KE,Pojanasingchod A,Suksomboonvong P,Galel SA

更新日期：2020-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specific subsets of peripheral blood WBCs are reservoirs for infectious agents, such as CMV and EBV, and can serve as vectors for transfusion transmission of these agents. While filter WBC reduction has been used to prevent transfusion transmission of infections, its effectiveness has not been documented for...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Roback JD,Bray RA,Hillyer CD

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Red cells (RBCs) prepared by a new system using centrifugation to produce neocyte enrichment were studied in two laboratories. The system used a blood bag with a geometric configuration such that younger, less dense cells could be separated from older, denser cells. Phthalate ester density gradient curves determined t...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Simon TL,Sohmer P,Nelson EJ

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe acute hemolytic anemia developed in a woman following treatment with multiple antibiotics for possible postpartum uterine infection. On admission, the hemoglobin was 5 g per dL (50 g/L), the reticulocytes were 35 percent (0.350), the direct antiglobulin test was strongly positive for IgG and C3d (mixed fields),...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Gallagher NI,Schergen AK,Sokol-Anderson ML,Sheahan EJ,Chaplin H

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:JMH is a high-frequency red cell blood group antigen that resides on a 76- to 80-kDa glycosylphosphatidylinositol-linked protein also known as CDw108. Antibodies with JMH specificity are often autoimmune and are usually, if not always, clinically benign. Some individuals with JMH-variant antigen produce allo...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mudad R,Rao N,Issitt PD,Roy RB,Combs MR,Telen MJ

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly prepared platelet concentrates (PC) and platelet poor plasma (PPP) stored at either room temperature (RT) or 4 C were analyzed for ammonia content initially, and after storage at 24, 48, and 72 hours. These studies demonstrate that ammonia rapidly accumulates in PC stored at RT. This accumulation appears to be t...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Ukrainski CT,Goldfinger D,Pomerance JJ,Lee HC,Farber S,Sanchez R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The performance of the recently launched Procleix Ultrio (Chiron/Gen-Probe) human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and hepatitis B virus (HBV) blood screening assay was evaluated in a European multicenter study. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS:Serial dilutions of reference materials were ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Koppelman MH,Assal A,Chudy M,Torres P,de Villaescusa RG,Reesink HW,Lelie PN,Cuypers HT

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent retrospective studies indicate that D- recipients of D+ apheresis platelets (PLTs) are not alloimmunized to D. Our hospital policy is to offer RhIG to D- women of childbearing age who received D+ apheresis PLTs but not to other D- recipients of D+ apheresis PLTs. We instituted prospective surveillance...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Weinstein R,Simard A,Ferschke J,Vauthrin M,Bailey JA,Greene M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The way in which the donor history questionnaire is conducted plays a crucial role in the self-disclosure of behavioral risk factors for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection by prospective donors. The South African National Blood Service changed its policy on the process of donor assessment in May 20...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Mitchel J,Custer B,Kaidarova Z,Murphy EL,van den Berg K,Recipient Epidemiology and Donor Evaluation Study-III (REDS-III) South Africa Program.

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to test the viability of two multiple request techniques of behavioral influence for recruiting blood donors by telephone. The first technique utilizes a small antecedent request to encourage behavioral involvement and favorable disposition toward the target activity of the critical request to ...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hayes TJ,Dwyer FR,Greenwalt TJ,Coe NA

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Using the 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends technique with the ex vivo culture of AC133-CD34+ cells, a transcription start site was recently identified approximately 0.7 kb upstream from the transcription start sites previously determined. The transcripts from the alternative starting exon 1a were demonstr...

journal_title：Transfusion

authors： Hata Y,Kominato Y,Takizawa H,Tabata S,Michino J,Nishino K,Yasumura S,Yamamoto F

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00