Evaluation of pooled cultures for bacterial detection in whole blood-derived platelets

Transfusion

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1275-1279

  Ramirez Arcos, Sandra ^a   Goldman, Mindy ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; BACTERIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 23844469167     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2005.00203.x     Document Type: Article

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