Fungal contamination of Hanks solution

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 453-455

  Henwood, Anthony ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

bone aspiration; contamination; cytology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; CENTRIFUGATION; CYTOLOGY; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; HANKS SOLUTION; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SMEAR; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STAINING;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FEMUR; FUNGI; HUMANS; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TIBIA;

EID: 84876492676     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.21798     Document Type: Article

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