Laser-generated shockwave for clearing medical device biofilms

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 277-282

  Kizhner, Victor ^a   Krespi, Yosef P ^a   Hall Stoodley, Luanne ^b,c   Stoodley, Paul ^b,c  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY SINGER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC TREATMENT; BIOFILM STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPES; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; EXTRACELLULAR; FIBER DELIVERY; FLUID MEDIA; GREEN FLUORESCENCE; HOST TISSUES; LASER INDUCED; LASER METHOD; MATRIX; MEDICAL DEVICES; PLANKTONIC BACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; Q SWITCHED ND:YAG LASER; SURGICAL DEVICES; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY; TREATMENT MODALITY; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEINS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; Q SWITCHING; SURFACES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

METAL; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; DECONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; LASERS; METALS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PLASTICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79953707928     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2010.2788     Document Type: Article

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