Table 1.

Inactivation of pathogens in platelet concentrates after photochemical treatment with amotosalen and UVA light


Pathogen

Log-reduction in organisms
Enveloped viruses   
   HIV (cell-free)   > 6.2  
   HIV (cell-associated)   > 6.1  
   CMV   > 5.9  
   Hepatitis B virus   > 5.5  
   Hepatitis C virus   > 4.5  
   Duck hepatitis B virus   > 6.2  
   Bovine viral diarrhea virus   > 6.0  
   Human T-cell leukemia virus type I/II   4.7/5.1  
   West Nile virus   > 6.0  
Nonenveloped viruses   
   Blue tongue   6.1-6.4  
   Parvovirus B19*  4.0-4.9  
Gram-negative bacteria   
   Escherhia coli  > 6.4  
   Serratia marcescens  > 6.7  
   Klebsiella pneumoniae  > 5.6  
   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  4.5  
   Salmonella choleraesuis  > 6.2  
   Yersinia enterocolitica  > 5.9  
   Enterobacter cloacae  5.9  
Gram-positive bacteria   
   Staphylococcus aureus  6.6  
   Staphylococcus epidermidis  > 6.6  
   Streptococcus pyogenes  > 6.8  
   Listeria monocytogenes  > 6.3  
   Corynebacterium minutissimum  > 6.3  
   Bacillus cereus  > 6.0  
Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria   
   Lactobacillus species   > 6.9  
   Propionibacterium acnes  > 6.7  
   Clostridium perfringens  > 7.0  
   Bifidobacterium adolescentis  > 6.5  
Protozoa   
   Trypanosoma cruzi  > 5.3  
   Plasmodium falciparum  > 7.0  
   Leishmania mexicana
 
> 5.2
 

Pathogen

Log-reduction in organisms
Enveloped viruses   
   HIV (cell-free)   > 6.2  
   HIV (cell-associated)   > 6.1  
   CMV   > 5.9  
   Hepatitis B virus   > 5.5  
   Hepatitis C virus   > 4.5  
   Duck hepatitis B virus   > 6.2  
   Bovine viral diarrhea virus   > 6.0  
   Human T-cell leukemia virus type I/II   4.7/5.1  
   West Nile virus   > 6.0  
Nonenveloped viruses   
   Blue tongue   6.1-6.4  
   Parvovirus B19*  4.0-4.9  
Gram-negative bacteria   
   Escherhia coli  > 6.4  
   Serratia marcescens  > 6.7  
   Klebsiella pneumoniae  > 5.6  
   Pseudomonas aeruginosa  4.5  
   Salmonella choleraesuis  > 6.2  
   Yersinia enterocolitica  > 5.9  
   Enterobacter cloacae  5.9  
Gram-positive bacteria   
   Staphylococcus aureus  6.6  
   Staphylococcus epidermidis  > 6.6  
   Streptococcus pyogenes  > 6.8  
   Listeria monocytogenes  > 6.3  
   Corynebacterium minutissimum  > 6.3  
   Bacillus cereus  > 6.0  
Gram-positive anaerobic bacteria   
   Lactobacillus species   > 6.9  
   Propionibacterium acnes  > 6.7  
   Clostridium perfringens  > 7.0  
   Bifidobacterium adolescentis  > 6.5  
Protozoa   
   Trypanosoma cruzi  > 5.3  
   Plasmodium falciparum  > 7.0  
   Leishmania mexicana
 
> 5.2
 

Data are summarized from Lin,14  Lin et al,15,16,18  Van Voorhis et al,19,20  Dupuis et al,21  Savoor et al,22  and Sawyer et al.23 

*

Preliminary data; inactivation was performed in 35% B19-infected plasma and 65% PAS III (platelet additive solution III) in the absence of platelets. Studies included a 15- or 30-minute rest between addition of amotosalen and UVA treatment

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