Evaluation of a new generation of culture bottle using an automated bacterial culture system for detecting nine common contaminating organisms found in platelet components
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Transfusion
- Vol. 42 (6) , 774-779
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.2002.00122.x
Abstract
BACKGROUND : An automated bacterial culture system (BacT/ALERT 3D, bioMérieux) has been previously validated with a variety of bacteria in platelets. The recovery of bacteria in platelets using a ne...Keywords
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