Unexplained agglutination of stored red blood cells in Alsever's solution caused by the gram-negative bacterium Serratia liquefaciens

Immunohematology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Martincic, Irene ^a   Mastronardi, Cherie ^a   Chung, Amy ^a   Ramirez Arcos, Sandra ^a,b  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alsever's solution; Hemagglutination; Red blood cells; Serratia liquefaciens

Indexed keywords

ALSEVER SOLUTION; CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; MANNOSE; NEOMYCIN; PRESERVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE PRESERVATION; HEMAGGLUTINATION; LABORATORY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SUPERNATANT;

BIOFILMS; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ERYTHROCYTES; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HUMANS; SERRATIA LIQUEFACIENS; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48849090177     PISSN: 0894203X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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