From penicillin-streptomycin to amikacin-vancomycin: antibiotic decontamination of cardiovascular homografts in Singapore.

BACKGROUND: In February 2012, the National Cardiovascular Homograft Bank (NCHB) became the first tissue bank outside of North America to receive accreditation from the American Association of Tissue Banks. From 2008 to 2009, NCHB had been decontaminating its cardiovascular homografts with penicillin...

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Main Authors: Wee Ling Heng, Chong Hee Lim, Ban Hock Tan, Maciej Piotr Chlebicki, Winnie Hui Ling Lee, Tracy Seck, Yeong Phang Lim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3520960?pdf=render

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