Decontamination of heart valve and arterial allografts in the European Homograft Bank (EHB): Comparison of two different antibiotic cocktails in low temperature conditions

Cell and Tissue Banking

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 247-255

  Jashari, R ^a   Tabaku, M ^a   Van Hoeck, B ^a   Cochez C ^a   Callant, M ^b   Vanderkelen, A ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b LCA (Laboratory for Control and Analysis)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allograft; Antibiotic cocktail; Arterial allograft; Bacterial contamination; Cryopreservation; Donor tissue; Heart valve allograft

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; LINCOMYCIN; POLYMYXIN B; VANCOMYCIN;

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTHROBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW TEMPERATURE; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTERIES; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECONTAMINATION; EUROPE; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TISSUE BANKS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 35748946357     PISSN: 13899333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10561-007-9040-5     Document Type: Article

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