Table 1.

Rate of bacterial contamination in platelet concentrates

Bacterial type	Bacteria	No. of cases	Percentage (%)
(A) Anaerobic bacteria	Propionibacterium acnes	10	40
(B) Aerobic bacteria	Streptococci spp	2	8
	Serratia marcescens	1	4
	Enterobacter cloacae	2	8
	Corynebacterium diphteroied	4	16
	Staphylococci aurous	2	8
	Staphylococci epidermidis	4	16