Microbial contamination of cord blood stem cells

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-38

  Honohan, Áine ^a,c   Olthuis, H ^a   Bernards, A T ^b   Van Beckhoven, J M ^a   Brand, A ^a  

^a CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Blood Bank Leiden Haaglanden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Low microbial load; Low pathogens; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FREEZING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STEM CELL; THAWING; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

BACTERIA; BLOOD PRESERVATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRIFUGATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FETAL BLOOD; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HETASTARCH; HUMANS;

EID: 0038079728     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.2002.00133.x     Document Type: Article

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