Psychrobacter arenosus bacteremia after blood transfusion, France.

Yvan Caspar (1) , Christine Recule (2) , Patricia Pouzol (3) , Bruno Lafeuillade , Marie-Reine Mallaret (4) , Max Maurin (1, 5) , Jacques Croize

1 LAPM - Laboratoire Adaptation et pathogénie des micro-organismes [Grenoble]
2 Laboratoire de Bactériologie
3 Département d'Hématologie
4 Hospital Hygiene Unit
5 CHUGA - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire [CHU Grenoble]

We report a case of transfusion-associated bacteremia caused by Psychrobacter arenosus. This psychrotolerant bacterium was previously isolated in 2004 from coastal sea ice and sediments in the Sea of Japan, but not from humans. P. arenosus should be considered a psychrotolerant bacterial species that can cause transfusion-transmitted bacterial infections.

Domaines: Evolution [q-bio.PE]

Yvan Caspar, Christine Recule, Patricia Pouzol, Bruno Lafeuillade, Marie-Reine Mallaret, et al.. Psychrobacter arenosus bacteremia after blood transfusion, France.. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2013, 19 (7), pp.1118-20. ⟨10.3201/eid1907.121599⟩. ⟨hal-00993448⟩