Biomedicine
Studies in the area of biomedicine reported from V.S. Saegeman and co-researchers
Published in Blood Weekly, September 6th, 2007
Scientists discuss in "Comparison of microbiological culture methods in screening allograft tissue. Swab versus nutrient broth" new findings in biomedicine. According to a study from Leuven, Belgium, "In order to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious diseases through transplantation of tissue allografts, one should examine tissues for the presence of microorganisms. However, there are no detailed tissue banking guidelines describing the culture method or incubation time to be used."
"Therefore, we compared two culture methods--blood agar plate versus Wilkins Chalgren broth--and three incubation times--2, 7 or 14 days for their performance. The ultimate aim is to...
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Source: Blood Weekly (2007-09-06)
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