Rapid monitoring of bacteria in dialysis fluids by fluorescent vital staining and microcolony methods

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 612-616

  Yamaguchi, Nobuyasu ^a   Baba, Takashi ^a   Nakagawa, Sachiko ^a,b   Saito, Akira ^c   Nasu, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Toray Medical Company   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carboxyfluorescein diacetate; Dialysis fluid; Endotoxin; Fluorescent staining; Microbial monitoring; Microcolony method

Indexed keywords

DIALYSIS FLUID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAL STAIN;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; DRUG CONTAMINATION; ENDOTOXINS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33846689327     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl675     Document Type: Article

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