A comparative study of blood and bone marrow cultures in cadaveric bone donation

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 305-308

  Vehmeyer, S B W ^a,b   Bloem, R M ^c,d   Deijkers, R L M ^c   Veen, M R ^c,d   Petit, P L C ^c,e  

^a BIS Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Netherlands Bone Bank Foundation   (Netherlands)

^e Department of Microbiology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood cultures; Bone donation; Cadaver; Microbiology

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE; BONE MARROW CULTURE; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE;

BLOOD; BONE MARROW; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CADAVER; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0033383782     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90427-9     Document Type: Article

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