The microbiologic safety of umbilical cord blood transfusion for children with severe anemia in Mombasa, Kenya

Transfusion

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1542-1551

  Hassall, Oliver W ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Thitiri, Johnstone ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Fegan, Greg ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Pole, Lewa ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mwarumba, Salim ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Denje, Douglas ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Wambua, Kongo ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Lowe, Brett ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Parry, Christopher M ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Mandaliya, Kishor ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Maitland, Kathryn ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Bates, Imelda ^a,b,c,d,e,f  

^a KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^d Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD STORAGE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; KENYA; MATERNAL SERUM; MICROBIOLOGIC SAFETY; SAFETY; SYPHILIS; TRANSFUSION TRANSMITTED INFECTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSFUSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BACTERIA; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HIV; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; SAFETY;

EID: 84863802673     PISSN: 00411132     EISSN: 15372995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2011.03487.x     Document Type: Article

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