A lack of serologic evidence of transmission of Chlamydia pneumoniae by transfusion of buffy coat-depleted RBCs

Transfusion

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 646-650

  Hedin, Göran ^a   Eriksson, Iréne ^b   Kumlin, Urban ^b   Boman, Jens ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECIPIENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROCONVERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037407060     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1537-2995.2003.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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