title: [Bacterial growth of thrombocyte preparations during storage time].
abstract: Standard practice of platelet storage at room temperature may contribute to the risk of sepsis after platelet transfusion. Platelets in vitro inoculated with 10(3) or more different microorganisms showed logarithmic bacterial growth throughout the 5 days of storage. These data support the hypothesis that bacterial contamination of platelets might become clinically significant during the 5 days of storage.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Transfusionsmedizin, WWU Münster.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karakassopoulos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sobek-Pfeiffer
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bösenberg
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000382:microbiology; D001793:Blood Preservation; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D006801:Humans; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen zum Keimwachstum bei Thrombozytenpräparationen während der Lagerungszeit.