Incidence of clostridial contamination in donors' musculoskeletal tissue

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1051-1054

  Malinin, T I ^a   Buck, B E ^a   Temple, H T ^a   Martinez, O V ^a   Fox, W P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; CADAVER DONOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLOSTRIDIUM SORDELLII; CONTINGENCY TABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; EXCISION; FEMALE; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CADAVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 0141703597     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B7.14438     Document Type: Article

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