Incubation alone is adequate as a culturing technique for cardiac rhythm management devices.
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.
Viola
George M
GM
Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. viola@bcm.edu
Mansouri
Mohammad D
MD
Nasir
Nadim
N
Darouiche
Rabih O
RO
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003470:Culture Media; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000382:microbiology*; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D006801:Humans; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial / Q000382:microbiology*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013010:Sonication
D003470:Culture Media