Isolation of Streptococcus bovis from apheresis platelets of asymptomatic donor warranted colonoscopy investigation: Case report and literature review

Transfusion

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2023-2027

  Lin, Chun Yu ^a,b,c   Tseng, Shih Bin ^a,b,c   Lu, Po Liang ^a,b,c   Chen, Tun Chieh ^a,b,c   Lin, Wei Ru ^a,b,c   Chen, Yen Hsu ^a,b,c   Lin, Kuo Sin ^a,b,c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taiwan Blood Services Foundation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLON BIOPSY; COLON CANCER; COLON RESECTION; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OCCULT BLOOD; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D; THROMBOCYTOPHERESIS;

BLOOD PLATELETS; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELETPHERESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 80052518375     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03088.x     Document Type: Review

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