Comparison of the BACTEC 9240 and BacT/alert blood culture systems for detection of bacterial contamination in platelet concentrates

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2262-2264

  Riedel, Stefan ^a   Siwek, Gregory ^a,c   Beekmann, Susan E ^a   Richter, Sandra S ^a   Raife, Thomas ^a   Doern, Gary V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^c Health Partners Specialty Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROCOCCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 33745150046     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00635-06     Document Type: Article

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