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[Bacterial growth of thrombocyte preparations during storage time]
A Karakassopoulos1, C Sobek-Pfeiffer, H Bösenberg
1Institut für Transfusionsmedizin, WWU Münster.
Beitrage Zur Infusionstherapie = Contributions to Infusion Therapy
|January 1, 1990
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.