Skip to main content

Table 3 Organisms cultured from dialysis water

From: Outbreak of Ralstonia mannitolilytica bacteraemia in patients undergoing haemodialysis at a tertiary hospital in Pretoria, South Africa

Point of collection

Organism/s cultured

At the point of entry into system, before the reverse osmosis pump

1. Bacillus spp.

2. Stenotrophomonas maltophila

After the reverse osmosis pump, before being subject to UV

1. Ralstonia pickettii

2. Sphingomonas paucimobilis

3. Cupriavadus pauculus

After passing through UV light, from the haemodialysis unit

1. Sphingomonas paucimobilis

Back to article page