Inter-laboratory comparison of different rapid methods for the detection of bacterial contamination in platelet concentrates

Vox Sanguinis

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-9

  Vollmer, T ^a   Hinse, D ^a   Schottstedt, V ^b   Bux, J ^b   Tapernon, K ^c   Sibrowski, W ^c   Knabbe, C ^a   Dreier, J ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b DRK Blutspendedienst West ^*  (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

BactiFlow; Nucleic acid amplification techniques; Pan Genera detection; Platelet bacteria screening; Rapid methods

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; THROMBOCYTE CONCENTRATE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTIFLOW FLOW CYTOMETRY; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PAN GENERA DETECTION ASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BLOOD PLATELETS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84862323203     PISSN: 00429007     EISSN: 14230410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1423-0410.2011.01572.x     Document Type: Article

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