Prevalence of bacterial contamination of standard platelet units: A prospective study;Prevalence de la contamination bacterienne dans les unites plaquettaires standards: Etude prospective

Transfusion Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-176

  Loukhmas, L ^a   Houmane, N ^a   Mskine, M ^a   Mdaghri, N ^b   Benbachir, M ^b   Benchems, N ^a  

^a CRTSC   (Morocco)

^b IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contamination; Platelet; Transfusion

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MOROCCO; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; THROMBOCYTE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MOROCCO; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034177357     PISSN: 12467820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1246-7820(00)88946-6     Document Type: Letter

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