Minimisation of microbial contamination for potential islet xenografts using specific pathogen-free pigs and a protected environment during tissue preparation

Diabetes and Metabolism

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 537-540

  Gouin, E ^a   Rivereau, A S ^a   Darquy, S ^a   Cariolet, R ^b   Jestin, A ^c   Reach, G ^d   Sai, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b Centre Technique des Productions Animales et Agro Alimentaires CTPA   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

Islets; Microbial contamination; Risk; Security; SPF pigs; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE; POVIDONE IODINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CELL ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GRAFT INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREAS RESECTION; RISK MANAGEMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BACILLUS; COLLAGENASES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER; MICROCLIMATE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PANCREATECTOMY; POVIDONE-IODINE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0031442485     PISSN: 03381684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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