Value of anaerobic culture in bacterial surveillance program for platelet concentrates

Transfusion

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2606-2611

  Lee, C K ^a,b   Ho, P L ^b   Lee, K Y ^b   Tsui, G T F ^b   Chua, E ^b   Tsoi, W C ^b   Lin, C K ^b  

^a Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

AEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ANAEROBIC CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIA; BLOOD PLATELETS; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PLATELETPHERESIS;

EID: 57249111793     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2008.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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