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. 1974 Jul;29(4):432–436. doi: 10.1136/thx.29.4.432

A critical investigation into the antibiotic sterilization of heart valve homografts

Pamela M Waterworth 1,2, Eunice Lockey 1,2, E M Berry 1,2, Helen M Pearce 1,2
PMCID: PMC470176  PMID: 4368321

Abstract

Waterworth, Pamela M., Lockey, Eunice, Berry, E. M., and Pearce, Helen M. (1974).Thorax, 29, 432-436. A critical investigation into the antibiotic sterilization of heart valve homografts. Sterility tests of homograft heart valves sterilized by antibiotics were found to be invalidated by carry-over of the antibiotics. A method was devised to test the efficacy of different antibiotic mixtures using membrane filters. Fifty-five organisms, including 13 species, were tested, and sterility was achieved with only 35.

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