Research Article
International Heart Valve Bank Survey: A Review of Processing Practices and Activity Outcomes
Table 4
Types and concentrations of antibiotics used for decontamination of allografts.
| Antibiotics/antifungals | Concentration/mL | Number of HVBs |
| Vancomycin/vancocin | 50–500 ug | 15 | Gentamicin/garamycin | 18–4000 ug | 10 | Cefoxitin/cefotaxime/cefuroxime | 240–1000 ug | 6 | Amphotericin B | 2.5–50 ug | 5 | Lincomycin | 120 ug–300 mg | 3 | Penicillin/benzylpenicillin | 30–50 IU | 3 | Amikacin | 25–100 ug | 3 | Polymyxin B | 200–1000 ug | 3 | Piperacillin | 50–500 ug | 2 | Colistin | 200 ug/1000 IU | 2 | Streptomycin | 50 ug | 2 | Tobramycin | 50 ug | 1 | Cotrimoxazole | 50 ug | 1 | Fluconazole | 500 mg | 1 | Flucloxacillin | 200 ug | 1 | Fungizone | 250 ug | 1 | Fungoral | 100 ug | 1 | Imipenem | 200 ug | 1 |
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