Thermo Scientific™ Potassium Chloride Solution

Description

• Pretreat the samples to increase yield of Legionella from clinical specimens using Thermo Scientific™ Remel™ Potassium Chloride Solution (pH 2.2, 0.2M)
• In 1981, Bopp et al
• demonstrated the recovery rate of Legionella from environmental water samples was improved by treating samples with acid prior to plating onto selective media 1
• Buesching et al
• demonstrated the recovery of Legionella organisms from clinical specimens was improved by pre-treatment with potassium chloride-hydrochloric acid solution (pH 2.2) 2
• Potassium Chloride Solution (pH 2.2, 0.2M) is a liquid medium that is used as a pretreatment to increase yield of Legionella from clinical specimens
• Potassium Chloride Solution (pH 2.2, 0.2M) is an acid wash treatment which serves to decontaminate specimens prior to inoculation of media for Legionella cultivation
• Potassium Chloride Solution (pH 2.2, 0.2M) contains hydrochloric acid (0.2 M) and potassium chloride (0.2M) with pH 2.2.