Serratia marcescens strains implicated in adverse transfusion reactions form biofilms in platelet concentrates and demonstrate reduced detection by automated culture

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 212-220

  Greco Stewart, V S ^a   Brown, E E ^a   Parr, C ^a   Kalab, M ^b   Jacobs, M R ^c   Yomtovian, R A ^d   Ramirez Arcos S M ^a  

^a CANADIAN BLOOD SERVICES   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^d CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial detection; Biofilm formation; Platelet concentrates; Platelet storage conditions; Serratia marcescens

Indexed keywords

THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BLOOD TRANSFUSION REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BIOFILMS; BLOOD PLATELETS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PLATELET TRANSFUSION; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 84858295091     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01550.x     Document Type: Article

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