Cold atmospheric air plasma sterilization against spores and other microorganisms of clinical interest

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5077-5082

  Klämpfl, Tobias G ^a,c   Isbary, Georg ^b   Shimizu, Tetsuji ^a   Li, Yang Fang ^a   Zimmermann, Julia L ^a   Stolz, Wilhelm ^b   Schlegel, Jürgen ^c   Morfill, Gregor E ^a   Schmidt, Hans Ulrich ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b Klinikum Schwabing   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR PLATES; AIR-PLASMA; ALBICANS; AMBIENT AIR; ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC AIR PLASMAS; BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL ENDOSPORES; BIOCIDAL EFFECTS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DECIMAL REDUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DRY TESTS; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTHCARE FACILITY; INACTIVATION MECHANISMS; MEDICAL DEVICES; MICRODISCHARGES; PLASMA TREATMENT; REACTIVE PLASMA SPECIES; REFERENCE METHOD; TEST SPECIMENS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CANDIDA; HEALTH CARE; MICROORGANISMS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; STERILIZATION (CLEANING);

PLASMAS;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; DISINFECTION; FUNGUS; HEALTH CARE; MICROORGANISM; SPORE;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; METHODOLOGY; PLASMA GAS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ATMOSPHERE; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; PLASMA GASES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STERILIZATION;

BACILLUS ATROPHAEUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 84866286559     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00583-12     Document Type: Article

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