Enlargement of the WHO international repository for platelet transfusion-relevant bacteria reference strains.
E Spindler-RaffelR J BenjaminC P McDonaldSandra Ramirez-ArcosK AplinI Bekeredjian-DingD de KorteC GabrielB GathofK-M HanschmannK HourfarC IngramM R JacobsS D KeilY KouB LambrechtJ MarcelisZ MukhtarH NagumoT NiekerkJ RojoS MarschnerM SatakeA SeltsamE SeifriedS SharafatM StörmerS SüßnerS J WagnerR Yomtoviannull nullPublished in: Vox sanguinis (2017)
The WHO ECBS approved all bacterial strains (except M. morganiiPEI-B-P-74 and S. choleraesuisPEI-B-P-78) for repository enlargement. The strains were stable, suitable for spiking with low CFU numbers, and proliferation was independent of the PC donor.