Possibility of microorganism elimination from the blood using modified coal hemosorbents

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2011 Jun;151(2):273-4. doi: 10.1007/s10517-011-1306-z.

Abstract

We studied the possibility of using coal hemosorbents for elimination gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms from the blood. After hemosorption, the number of S. aureus and K. pneumoniae pneumoniae colony-forming units significantly decreased. The obtained results indicate that coal sorbents can bind and probably eliminate gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria from the blood.

MeSH terms

  • Bacteremia / blood
  • Bacteremia / microbiology
  • Bacteremia / therapy
  • Coal*
  • Hemofiltration / methods*
  • Humans
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / growth & development
  • Klebsiella pneumoniae / isolation & purification*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / growth & development
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification*

Substances

  • Coal