Growth and Biofilm Formation of Bacteria Isolated from Contaminated Platelet Units
Bacterial contamination of platelet concentrates (PCs) poses the major transfusion-associated infectious risk. Coagulase negative staphylococci (CoNS), the predominant platelet contaminants, are recognized as one of the leading causes of hospital-acquired infections due to their ability to form biof...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/22852 |