Bacterial infection transmitted by human tissue allograft transplantation

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 147-166

  Eastlund, Ted ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; POVIDONE IODINE; REAGENT;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BONE ALLOGRAFT; CADAVER DONOR; CARTILAGE TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FATALITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MANDATORY REPORTING; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; TENDON GRAFT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTS;

EID: 33747884521     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-006-0003-z     Document Type: Article

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