If bacterially infected colon cells can no longer repair damage to their DNA, mutations will accumulate, which will promote cancer growth. |
Septic reaction from transfusions of bacterially contaminated platelets represents the greatest current patient risk of contamination in transfusion medicine. |
This dark-coloured, insoluble product of bacterially altered plant and animal detritus is the source of most hydrocarbons generated in the later stages. |
When a blood recipient experiences chills, high fever or hypotension during or immediately after transfusion, the possibility that the transfused blood component may have been bacterially contaminated should be considered. |
Scientific tests are still being carried out to establish whether the drug they used had been contaminated bacterially, or with a chemical cutting agent. |
Learman DR, Voelker BM, Vazquez-Rodriguez AI, Hansel CM Formation of manganese oxides by bacterially generated superoxide. |