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Inhibition of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus by a plasma needle

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Central European Journal of Physics

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In numerous recent papers plasma chemistry of non equilibrium plasma sources operating at atmospheric pressure has been linked to plasma medical effects including sterilization. In this paper we present a study of the effectiveness of an atmospheric pressure plasma source, known as plasma needle, in inhibition of the growth of biofilm produced by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Even at the lowest powers the biofilms formed by inoculi of MRSA of 104 and 105 CFU have been strongly affected by plasma and growth in biofilms was inhibited. The eradication of the already formed biofilm was not achieved and it is required to go to more effective sources.

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  1. Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Belgrade, dr Subotica 8, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Maja Miletić

  2. Institute of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, dr Subotica 1, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Dragana Vuković, Irena Živanović & Ivana Dakić

  3. Institute for Medical Statistics and Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, dr Subotica 1, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia

    Ivan Soldatović

  4. Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, Pregrevica 118, 11080, Belgrade, Serbia

    Dejan Maletić, Saša Lazović, Gordana Malović, Zoran Lj. Petrović & Nevena Puač

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Miletić, M., Vuković, D., Živanović, I. et al. Inhibition of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus by a plasma needle. centr.eur.j.phys. 12, 160–167 (2014). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11534-014-0437-z

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