Presence of antibacterial agents in blood units collected from healthy voluntary donors.
10,991 sera collected from voluntary blood donors were tested during a 1-year period (1979) for the presence of antibacterial drugs. Antibacterial activity was found in 0.25% of them, and could be related to beta-lactam antibiotics and to cotrimoxazole. The implications of these findings are discussed.
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000097:blood*; D001681:Biological Assay; D001782:Blood Donors; D006801:Humans; D007769:Lactams / Q000097:blood
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D007769:Lactams