Microbial growth inhibition by alternating electric fields

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3517-3522

  Giladi, Moshe ^a   Porat, Yaara ^a   Blatt, Alexandra ^a   Wasserman, Yoram ^b   Kirson, Eilon D ^b   Dekel, Erez ^c   Palti, Yoram ^b,d  

^a NovoCure Limited   (Israel)

^b Novocure GmbH   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL;

ALTERNATING CURRENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOFILM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRODE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BIOFILMS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANKTON; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 54049114702     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00673-08     Document Type: Article

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