Prevalence of bacterial contamination in blood and blood products at the National Blood Service Zimbabwe

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 421-424

  Makuni, Ngonidzashe ^a   Simango, Clifford ^b   Mavenyengwa, Rooyen T ^b,c  

^a National Blood Service Zimbabwe   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Africa; Bacterial; Contamination; Transfusion infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BLOOD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROMBOCYTE; ZIMBABWE; BACTERIUM; BLOOD BANK; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BLOOD; BLOOD BANKS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84927924010     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.5428     Document Type: Article

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