Incubation alone is adequate as a culturing technique for cardiac rhythm management devices

George M. Viola; Mohammad D. Mansouri; Nadim Nasir, Jr.; Rabih O. Darouiche

doi:10.1128/JCM.01354-09

Incubation alone is adequate as a culturing technique for cardiac rhythm management devices

George M. Viola, Mohammad D. Mansouri, Nadim Nasir, Jr., Rabih O. Darouiche

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There exist no standardized methods for culturing cardiac rhythm management devices. To identify the most optimal culturing method, we compared various techniques that comprise vortex, sonication, and incubation or combinations thereof. Incubation alone yielded bacterial colony counts similar to those of other culturing combinations and is the least labor-intensive.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4168-4170
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of Clinical Microbiology
Volume	47
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.01354-09
State	Published - Dec 2009

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