Bacterial contamination of a cornea tissue bank: Implications for the safety of graft engineering

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-225

  Morel, Pascal ^a,b,c   Roubi, Nora ^a   Bertrand, Xavier ^b   Lapierre, Valérie ^a   Tiberghien, Pierre ^a   Talon, Daniel ^b   Hervé, Patrick ^a   Delbosc, Bernard ^b  

^a Etab Francais Sang Bourgogne F C   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

^c ETABLISSEMENT FRANÇAIS DU SANG   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Cornea; Tissue banks

Indexed keywords

OXIDOREDUCTASE; REAGENT; TRYPAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIC; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAM STAINING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COLORING AGENTS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; EYE BANKS; FRANCE; HUMANS; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; SAFETY; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0037378881     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200304000-00007     Document Type: Article

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