207-nm UV Light - A Promising Tool for Safe Low-Cost Reduction of Surgical Site Infections. I: In Vitro Studies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Buonanno, Manuela ^a   Randers Pehrson, Gerhard ^a   Bigelow, Alan W ^a   Trivedi, Sheetal ^a   Lowy, Franklin D ^a   Spotnitz, Henry M ^a   Hammer, Scott M ^a   Brenner, David J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KRYPTON BROMINE EXCIMER LAMP; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURGICAL INFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SKIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 84885737485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076968     Document Type: Article

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