By Ethan Covey
An outbreak of sepsis was the result of the transfusion of apheresis platelets contaminated with Acinetobacter calcoaceticus–baumannii complex (ACBC) and Staphylococcus saprophyticus bacteria, according to a CDC study.
The outbreak cluster, which occurred from May to October 2018, affected four patients from three states; one patient died and the other three recovered after treatment in the ICU (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68[23]:519-523).