Liquid nitrogen freezers: A potential source of microbial contamination of hematopoietic stem cell components

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 585-591

  Fountain, D ^a,b   Ralston, M ^a,b   Higgins, N ^a,b   Gorlin, J B ^a,c   Uhl, L ^a,c,d   Wheeler, C ^a,c,d   Antin, J H ^a,b,c   Churchill, W H ^a,b,c   Benjamin, R J ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIQUID NITROGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030995067     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37697335152.x     Document Type: Article

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