Culture of Dialysis Fluids on Nutrient-Rich Media for Short Periods at Elevated Temperatures Underestimate Microbial Contamination

Blood Purification

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 136-145

  Pass, Ted ^a,b   Wright, Rita ^a,b   Sharp, Bill ^a,b   Harding, George B ^a,b  

^a MOREHEAD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; Dialysis; Endotoxm

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BICARBONATE; DIALYSIS FLUID; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONITORING; MORAXELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BICARBONATES; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENDOTOXINS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; HEMODIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; HUMANS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 0029876187     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: 14219735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000170255     Document Type: Article

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