Inactivation of candida biofilms by non-thermal plasma and its enhancement for fungistatic effect of antifungal drugs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Sun, Yi ^a   Yu, Shuang ^b   Sun, Peng ^b   Wu, Haiyan ^b   Zhu, Weidong ^c   Liu, Wei ^a   Zhang, Jue ^b   Fang, Jing ^b   Li, Ruoyu ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCONAZOLE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SINGLET OXYGEN; SUPEROXIDE;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; CANDIDA KRUSEI; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FUNGAL STRUCTURES; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA GAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CANDIDA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYCLIC N-OXIDES; FREE RADICALS; HELIUM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXYGEN; PLASMA GASES; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

CANDIDA;

EID: 84863705807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040629     Document Type: Article

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