Far-UVC light prevents MRSA infection of superficial wounds in vivo

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Ponnaiya, Brian ^a   Buonanno, Manuela ^a   Welch, David ^a   Shuryak, Igor ^a   Randers Pehrson, Gerhard ^a   Brenner, David J ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE BACTERIUM; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL DAMAGE; COLONY FORMING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIRLESS MOUSE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HYPOTHESIS; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTIOUS AGENT; LIGHT DAMAGE; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; DISEASE MODEL; INJURY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICE, HAIRLESS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 85042366379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192053     Document Type: Article

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