Microbial contamination of the Tzu-Chi cord blood bank from 2005 to 2006

Acta Paediatrica Taiwanica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Shu Huey ^a   Zheng, Ya Jun ^a   Yang, Shang Hsien ^a   Yang, Kuo Liang ^a   Shyr, Ming Hwang ^a   Ho, Yu Huai ^a,b  

^a Hualien Tzu Chi Hospital

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Hematopoietic progenitor cells; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM; PEPTOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43949096907     PISSN: 16088115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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