A pseudo-outbreak of yeast in cell blocks associated with the use of human plasma

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 465-467

  Bravo, Lulette Tricia C ^a   Gordon, Steven M ^a   Underwood, Dawn ^a   Brainard, Jennifer ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; METHENAMINE; SILVER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; DEBRIDEMENT; DISEASE COURSE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; SYNOVECTOMY; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

ADULT; ARTHROSCOPY; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; PLASMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YEASTS;

EID: 77952863620     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21233     Document Type: Article

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