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A rare blood transfusion complication: Bacillus thermoamylovorans bacteremia and diffuse pustular rash
Abstract
Bacillus thermoamylovorans is a species of bacillus that causes structural defects in milk by contaminating milk with its heat-resistant spores. We report a case of diffuse pustular rash on the extremities and bacillus thermoamylovorans bacteremia in blood culture after erythrocyte suspension replacement. On admission, his acute phase reactants were elevated and he had a generalized rash. After appropriate antibiotherapy, his lesions regressed almost completely. There is no case report of blood transfusion-associated bacillus thermoamylovorans bacteremia in the literature. This case is presented to contribute to the literature to show that Bacillus thermoamylovorans bacteremia may play a role in the etiology of pustular rash and infectious reactions associated with blood transfusion.

Keywords : Transfusion reaction, rash, Bacillus thermoamylovorans, bacteraemia

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Volume 2, Issue 2, 2024
Page : 51-53
https://doi.org/10.51271/JCHOR-0037
Article Information
Received : 01 Şub 2024
Accepted : 18 Mar 2024
Published : 14 May 2024
Corresponding Author :

Kerim Çayıröz: Department of Internal Medicine, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.

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Citation : Çayıröz K, Tokatlı M, Narlı P, et al. A rare blood transfusion complication: Bacillus thermoamylovorans bacteremia and diffuse pustular rash. J Curr Hematol Oncol Res. 2024; 2(2):51-53.

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