Culture-based bacterial detection systems for platelets: the effect of time prior to sampling and duration of incubation required for detection with aerobic culture.

BACKGROUND: Bacterial contamination of platelet (PLT) products occurs at low concentrations requiring a period of incubation for growth to minimize sampling error. Culture-based detection methods also need sufficient incubation time; together these periods may limit the useful life of PLTs. This stu...

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Publicado en:Transfusion Vol. 47; no. 11; pp. 2044 - 2050
Autores principales: Ezuki S, Kawabata K, Kanno T, Ohto H
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Nov2007
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