Pathogenicity of bacteria contaminating blood products

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 236-238

  Gatermann, Sören G ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contaminations; Pathogenicity

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; DONOR; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SKIN FLORA;

EID: 80052215303     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: 16603818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330425     Document Type: Article

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