TY - JOUR AU - Goel, Ruchika AU - Westblade, Lars AU - Kessler, Debra AU - Sfeir, Maroun AU - Slavinski, Sally AU - Backenson, Bryon AU - Gebhardt, Linda AU - Kane, Kathleen AU - Laurence, Jeffrey AU - Scherr, Douglas AU - Bussel, James AU - Dumler, J. Stephen AU - Cushing, Melissa T1 - Death from Transfusion-Transmitted Anaplasmosis, New York, USA, 2017 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2018 VL - 24 IS - 8 SP - 1548 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We report a death from transfusion-transmitted anaplasmosis in a 78-year-old man. The patient died of septic shock 2 weeks after a perioperative transfusion with erythrocytes harboring Anaplasma phagocytophilum. The patient’s blood specimens were positive for A. phagocytophilum DNA beginning 7 days after transfusion; serologic testing remained negative until death. KW - red blood cell transfusion KW - anaplasmosis KW - transfusion-transmitted infectious disease KW - Anaplasma phagocytophilum KW - leukoreduction KW - bacteria KW - New York KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2408.172048 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/24/8/17-2048_article ER - End of Reference