Bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates: Results of a prospective multicenter study comparing pooled whole blood-derived platelets and apheresis platelets

Transfusion

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 644-652

  Schrezenmeier, Hubert ^a   Walther Wenke, Gabriele ^b   Müller, Thomas H ^b   Weinauer, Franz ^b   Younis, Adelheid ^b   Holland Letz, Tim ^b   Geis, Gabriele ^b   Asmus, Jens ^b   Bauerfeind, Ursula ^b   Burkhart, Jürgen ^b   Deitenbeck, Robert ^b   Förstemann, Elisabeth ^b   Gebauer, Wolfgang ^b   Höchsmann, Britta ^b   Karakassopoulos, Apostolos ^b   Liebscher, Ute Maja ^b   Sänger, Werner ^b   Schmidt, Michael ^b   Schunter, Friedrich ^b   Sireis, Walid ^b   Seifried, Erhard ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ACTINOMYCETALES; AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; BREVIBACTERIUM; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THROMBOCYTE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; PLATELETPHERESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33947403165     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2007.01166.x     Document Type: Article

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