Amplified-fragment length polymorphism analysis of Propionibacterium isolates implicated in contamination of blood products

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 403-409

  Mohammadi, T ^a   Reesink, H W ^a   Pietersz, R N I ^a   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^a,b   Savelkoul, P H M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Contamination; DNA fingerprint; Platelets; Propionibacterium

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL DNA;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; BLOOD DONOR; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKIN FLORA; SKIN SURFACE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; THROMBOCYTE;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644805846     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2005.05771.x     Document Type: Article

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