A retrospective analysis of microbial contaminants in outdated random- donor platelets from multiple sites

Transfusion

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Leiby, D A ^a   Kerr, K L ^b   Campos, J M ^c   Dodd, R Y ^b  

^a HOLLAND LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Holland Laboratory   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEPSIS; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

EID: 0031000639     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1997.37397240206.x     Document Type: Article

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