Bacterial detection in apheresis platelets: Blood systems experience with a two-bottle and one-bottle culture system

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1842-1852

  Su, Leon L ^a   Kamel, Hany ^a   Custer, Brian ^a   Vanderpool, Sandi ^a   Harpool, Dennis ^a   Busch, Michael ^a   Tomasulo, Peter ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ONE BOTTLE CULTURE SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS; TWO BOTTLE CULTURE SYSTEM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD COMPONENT REMOVAL; BLOOD PLATELETS; HUMANS;

EID: 50849119062     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01763.x     Document Type: Article

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