Validation of the microbiological testing of tissue preparations using the BACTEC blood culture system

Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 387-390

  Schroeter, Jan ^a   Wilkemeyer, Ina ^a   Schiller, Reinhold A ^a   Pruss, Axel ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microbiology; Tissue; Validation

Indexed keywords

HTK SOLUTION; RINGER SOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS BRASILIENSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE BOTTLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLOSTRIDIUM SPOROGENES; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PACKAGING MATERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TISSUE PREPARATION;

EID: 84870999161     PISSN: 16603796     EISSN: 16603818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345812     Document Type: Article

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