Detection of bacterial contamination of apheresis platelets in a Chinese Blood Center

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 357-362

  Zhu, L ^a,b   Xu, J ^a,b   Yang, X ^a,b   Shen, Z ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a,b   Zhu, F ^a,b   Lv, H ^a,b   Yan, L ^a,b  

^a BLOOD CENTER OF ZHEJIANG PROVINCE   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Platelets; Propionibacterium spp

Indexed keywords

APHERESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD BANK; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD BANKS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHINA; HUMANS; PLATELETPHERESIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 72449121383     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2009.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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