Gastroenterology
Clinical risk factors and pattern of initial fungal contamination in endoscopic biopsy-derived gastrointestinal cancer organoid culture
Su Youn Nam, Seung Jin Lee, Hee Jung Lim, Ji Young Park, Seong Woo Jeon
Korean J Intern Med. 2021;36(4):878-887. Published online April 8, 2021
Background/Aims: Because gastrointestinal tract is not sterile, primary culture has contamination risk despite of massive washing with antimicrobial media. Microbial contamination can play a key role in initial failure during biopsy-derived primary tumor culture.
Methods: Tumor tissue was acquired ..
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