Saponin, an inhibitory agent of carbon dioxide production by white cells: Its use in the microbiologic examination of blood components in an automated bacterial culture system

Transfusion

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 1998, Pages 1090-1096

  Van Doorne, H ^a   Van Der Tuuk Adriani, W P A ^b   Van De Ven, L I ^b   Bosch, E H ^b   De Natris, T ^b   Smit Sibinga, C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SAPONIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD COMPONENT THERAPY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; LEUKAPHERESIS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0031794857     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.1998.38111299056321.x     Document Type: Article

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