Adverse effects: Bacterial contamination (including shelf life). A brief review of bacterial contamination of blood components

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1996, Pages 78-82

  Högman, Claes F ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Bacterial contamination; Blood components; Blood transfusion

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD STORAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENMARK; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SWEDEN; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0029973266     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1996.tb01375.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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