Gas plasma sterilization of microorganisms and mechanisms of action

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 731-738

  Shintani, Hideharu ^a   Sakudo, Akikazu ^b   Burke, Peter ^c   McDonnell, Gerald ^d  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c STERIS Corporation   (United States)

^d STERIS Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Etching; Gas plasma sterilization; Oxygen gas; Rare gases; Vacuum UV

Indexed keywords

ARGON; HELIUM; ION; NEON; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; RADICAL; XENON;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ADENOVIRUS; ASCARIS; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; CANDIDA; CHLAMYDOMONAS; CLOSTRIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISINFECTION; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON; ENTEROBIUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA; GAS; GAS PLASMA; GAS PLASMA STERILIZATION; GEOBACILLUS; GIARDIA; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; PENICILLIUM; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; PROVIDENCIA; PSEUDOMONAS; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCRAPIE; STAPHYLOCOCCACEAE; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; TRICHOPHYTON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 77955209396     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2010.136     Document Type: Review

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