2019
Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences
Tormey CA, Hendrickson JE. Transfusion-related red blood cell alloantibodies: induction and consequences. Blood 2019, 133: 1821-1830. PMID: 30808636, PMCID: PMC6484385, DOI: 10.1182/blood-2018-08-833962.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTransfusion recipientsBlood donorsPreventative strategiesBlood product exposureCompatible RBC unitsRBC alloantibody formationHemolytic transfusion reactionsDevelopment of alloantibodiesAdaptive immune factorsJudicious transfusionRBC alloimmunizationImmunomodulatory therapyAlloantibody formationBlood transfusionRBC alloantibodiesRecipient variablesFuture pregnanciesImmune factorsTransfusion reactionsBlood productsHemolytic diseaseFuture transfusionsHuman studiesTransfusionAlloantibodies
2018
A Cluster of Cases of Babesia microti Among Neonates Traced to a Single Unit of Donor Blood
Glanternik JR, Baine IL, Rychalsky MR, Tormey CA, Shapiro ED, Baltimore RS. A Cluster of Cases of Babesia microti Among Neonates Traced to a Single Unit of Donor Blood. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal 2018, 37: 269-271. PMID: 28945680, DOI: 10.1097/inf.0000000000001803.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeonatal intensive care unitHigh-grade parasitemiaTransfusion-transmitted babesiosisIntensive care unitCluster of casesBlood transfusionPremature infantsCare unitExchange transfusionDonor bloodInfantsBabesia microtiTransfusionBabesiosisNeonatesParasitemiaAzithromycinCliniciansAtovaquoneSingle unitBlood