Antimicrobial Efficacy of Two Surface Barrier Discharges with Air Plasma against In Vitro Biofilms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Matthes, Rutger ^a   Bender, Claudia ^a   Schlüter, Rabea ^b   Koban, Ina ^a   Bussiahn, René ^c   Reuter, Stephan ^c,d   Lademann, Jürgen ^e   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^c   Kramer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Centre for Innovation Competence Plasmatis   (Germany)

^e CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 (4,5 DIMETHYL 2 THIAZOLYL) 2,5 DIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM BROMIDE; CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL ASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICAL DEVICE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRUCTURED ELECTRODE PLANAR SURFACE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WIRE ELECTRODE SURFACE DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE;

EID: 84880794451     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070462     Document Type: Article

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