Efficiency of diversion of the first aliquot of blood and prestorage leukoreduction for preventing bacterial contamination in red blood cell concentrates assessed using a rapid polymerase chain reaction-based bacterial detection system

Transfusion Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-370

  Nakamura, A ^a   Abe, K ^b   Masuya, M ^c   Imai, S ^d   Ohishi, K ^b   Mori, Y ^d   Kojima, T ^d   Wada, H ^c   Katayama, N ^c   Nobori, T ^c  

^a Central Laboratory   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Mie Red Cross Blood Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA PCR; Bacterial contamination; Diversion; Leukoreduction; RBCs

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD STORAGE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE CONCENTRATE; HUMAN; LEUKAPHERESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; ERYTHROCYTES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEUKOCYTE REDUCTION PROCEDURES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 81255185555     PISSN: 09587578     EISSN: 13653148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3148.2011.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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