1.
Int J Artif Organs
; 16 Suppl 5: 229-32, 1993 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8013996
ABSTRACT
Rapid methods of determining microbial contamination are needed in suspecting contaminated banked blood or other blood products. In this study, we experimented contaminated blood units with 122 strains of bacteria and fungi. After innoculation, a comparison between ESP Blood Culture System (Difco Laboratories Inc., Detroit MI), BacT/Alert (Organon Teknica, Durham, NC) and Bactec 9240 System was made for their efficiency in the detection of microbial contamination. Experimental data showed a diagnostic relevance of these automated systems with no significant differences in time detection of microbial contamination between the three methods under comparison.
Subject(s)
Bacteria/isolation & purification , Bacteriological Techniques/instrumentation , Blood/microbiology , Candida/isolation & purification , Humans
2.
Bone Marrow Transplant
; 7 Suppl 2: 73, 1991.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-1878728
Subject(s)
Bone Marrow Transplantation , Thalassemia/surgery , Actuarial Analysis , Adolescent , Adult , Bone Marrow Transplantation/adverse effects , Bone Marrow Transplantation/methods , Bone Marrow Transplantation/mortality , Graft vs Host Disease/etiology , Graft vs Host Disease/mortality , Humans , Italy/epidemiology , Survival Analysis
3.
Prog Clin Biol Res
; 309: 193-9, 1989.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2675086