Inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis by a direct-current, cold atmospheric-pressure air plasma microjet

Journal of Biomedical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 264-269

  Tian, Ye ^a   Sun, Peng ^b   Wu, Haiyan ^b   Bai, Na ^a   Wang, Ruixue ^b   Zhu, Weidong ^c   Zhang, Jue ^b   Liu, Fuxiang ^a,b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Saint Peter's College   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Free radicals; Plasma; Reactive oxygen; Staphylococcus aureus; Ultroviolet

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AIR PLASMA MICROJET; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; JET INJECTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 78549294853     PISSN: 16748301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1674-8301(10)60037-1     Document Type: Article

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