Incidence of clostridial contamination in donors’ musculoskeletal tissue

Incidence of clostridial contamination in donors' musculoskeletal tissue.

Reports of infection by Clostridium sordellii associated with allograft transplantation have generated considerable interest. We report our experience in recognising clostridial contamination in cadaver donors of musculoskeletal tissue. Tissues obtained from 795 consecutive donors were excised using standard surgical techniques. Samples of blood and bone marrow were also obtained. Donors with c...

[Incidence of diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue].

Prevalence of microbiological markers in bone tissue from live and cadaver donors in the musculoskeletal tissue bank of Passo Fundo☆☆☆

OBJECTIVE To conduct an epidemiological analysis on the main microbiological markers in bone tissue that was processed at the musculoskeletal tissue bank of Hospital São Vicente de Paulo, in Passo Fundo, between August 2007 and October 2011. METHODS Between August 2007 and October 2011, 202 musculoskeletal tissue samples were collected for the tissue bank. Among these, 159 samples were from l...

The risk of HIV, HBV, HCV and HTLV infection among musculoskeletal tissue donors in Australia.

In Australia, there are no current national estimates of the risks of transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) or human T-lymphotrophic virus (HTLV) by musculoskeletal tissue transplantation. We determined the prevalence rates of antibodies against HIV (anti-HIV), HCV (anti-HCV) and HTLV (anti-HTLV) and Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs...

Preparation of standard Clostridial antitoxins in sheep