Contamination of a donated platelet unit by Staphylococcus pasteuri

Journal of Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 494-496

  Savini, Vincenzo ^a   Catavitello, Chiara ^a   Pompetti, Franca ^b   Passeri, Cecilia ^a   Di Zacomo, Silvia ^b   Esattore, Francesca ^b   Iacone, Antonio ^a   D'Antonio, Domenico ^a  

^a SPIRITO SANTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Laboratory of Molecular Oncology   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APHERESIS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SKIN DECONTAMINATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PASTEURI; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 56949084451     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2008.10.006     Document Type: Letter

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