Detection of bacterial contamination and DNA quantification in stored blood units in 2 veterinary hospital blood banks

作者：Stefanetti Valentina^*; Miglio Arianna; Cappelli Katia; Capomaccio Stefano; Sgariglia Elisa; Marenzoni Maria L; Antognoni Maria T; Coletti Mauro; Mangili Vittorio; Passamonti Fabrizio

来源：Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2016, 45(3): 406-410.

DOI：10.1111/vcp.12372

• Bacterial contamination
• blood products
• blood transfusion
• Pseudomonas spp.
• Serratia spp.

Blood transfusions in veterinary medicine have become increasingly more common and are now an integral part of lifesaving and advanced treatment in small and large animals. Important risks associated with transfusion of blood products include the transmission of various infectious diseases. Several guidelines suggest what infectious agents to screen for in canine and feline transfusion medicine. However, while the risk of bacterial contamination of blood products during storage and administration has not been documented in veterinary medicine, it has emerged as a cause of morbidity and mortality in human transfusion medicine. Clinical experience shows that the majority of blood component bacterial contaminations are caused by only a few species. Unlike other types of bacteria, psychrotolerant species like Pseudomonas spp. and Serratia spp. can proliferate during the storage of blood units at 4 degrees C from a very low titer at the time of blood collection to a clinically significant level (> 10(5) CFU/mL) causing clinical sepsis resulting from red blood cell concentrate transfusions in human medicine. The purpose of this report was to describe the detection and quantification procedures applied in 4 cases of bacterial contamination of canine and feline blood units, which suggest the need for further investigations to optimize patients' safety in veterinary transfusion medicine.

• 出版日期2016-9
• 单位Perugia