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Isolation and Kv Channel Recordings in Murine Atrial and Ventricular Cardiomyocytes
Published on: March 12, 2013
Incubation alone is adequate as a culturing technique for cardiac rhythm management devices
George M Viola1, Mohammad D Mansouri, Nadim Nasir
1Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. viola@bcm.edu
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|October 23, 2009
Abstract:
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.
