Table 2.

Inhibitory zone diameters of the Escherichia coli inhibition assay in % of calculated target concentrations (mean percentage +/− standard deviation) in different commercial peritoneal dialysis fluids at various temperatures and time points. Temp. = temperature, % RSAD = percentage relative standard deviation, d = day(s), h = hours.

Temp.	Time	Extraneal (7.5% Icodextrin)	Physioneal (1.36% Glucose)	Physioneal (2.27% Glucose)	Nutrineal PD4 (1.1% amino acids)
6 °C	0 d	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0
	1 d	101.0 ± 0.5	100.0 ± 0.0	98.9 ± 3.6	100.4 ± 0.8
	2 d	99.3 ± 0.2	100.9 ± 1.2	101.8 ± 2.4	99.6 ± 0.5
	3 d	101.4 ± 0.1	98.5 ± 3.6	97.1 ± 0.9	98.6 ± 1.1
	7 d	99.5 ± 0.5	99.4 ± 4.8	100.6 ± 1.2	108.8 ± 2.5
	14 d	99.2 ± 0.1	97.3 ± 1.2	100.5 ± 2.7	109.2 ± 3.5
25 °C	0 d	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0
	1 d	99.8 ± 1.5	102.6 ± 2.6	98.1 ± 3.3	101.5 ± 4.2
	2 d	99.5 ± 1.2	104.0 ± 6.6	99.7 ± 3.9	99.4 ± 5.2
	3 d	100.1 ± 0.4	103.9 ± 5.4	99.1 ± 5.6	107.4 ± 7.6
	7 d	100.4 ± 0.2	102.2 ± 5.2	94.4 ± 0.5	99.1 ± 12.2
	14 d	100.3 ± 0.4	100.6 ± 6.2	93.4 ± 0.0	92.6 ± 6.2
37 °C	0 d	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0	100.0 ± 0.0
	1 h	102.7 ± 3.1	95.8 ± 5.9	100.9 ± 1.3	103.6 ± 7.1
	2 h	101.8 ± 1.6	97.8 ± 0.1	102.0 ± 0.3	101.6 ± 4.7
	4 h	103.0 ± 1.6	96.0 ± 4.2	102.5 ± 1.7	103.2 ± 6.2
	12 h	101.8 ± 0.9	95.0 ± 2.9	102.1 ± 5.0	100.9 ± 1.2
	24 h	102.2 ± 1.5	97.8 ± 1.4	113.8 ± 1.5	91.4 ± 4.7