Yersinia enterocolitica multiplies rapidly in whole blood or red blood cells stored at 4 to 8° C. Gross contamination is not visible in a pack. Two incidents in which red blood cells grossly contaminated with Yersinia enterocolitica were transfused are described. One patientdied; the other survived.
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