In Vitro Antimicrobial Effect of a Cold Plasma Jet against Enterococcus faecalis Biofilms
Joint Authors
Costerton, J. William
Webster, Paul
Jaramillo, David E.
Jiang, Chunqi
Schaudinn, Christoph
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-01-24
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The hypothesis that a cold plasma jet has the antimicrobial effect against Enterococcus faecalis biofilms was tested in vitro.
27 hydroxyapatite discs were incubated with E.
faecalis for six days to form a monoculture biofilm on the disc surface.
The prepared substrata were divided into three groups: the negative control, the positive control (5.25% NaOCl solution), and the plasma treatment group.
Resultant colony-forming unit counts were associated with observations of bacterial cell morphology changes using scanning electron microscopy (SEM).
Treatment of E.
faecalis biofilm with the plasma and 5.25% NaOCl for 5 min resulted in 93.1% and 90.0% kill (P<0.0001), respectively.
SEM detected that nearly no intact bacteria were discernible for the plasma-exposed HA disc surfaces.
The demonstrated bactericidal effect of the plasma with direct surface contact may be due to the enhanced oxidation by the locally produced reactive plasma species.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jiang, Chunqi& Schaudinn, Christoph& Jaramillo, David E.& Webster, Paul& Costerton, J. William. 2012. In Vitro Antimicrobial Effect of a Cold Plasma Jet against Enterococcus faecalis Biofilms. ISRN Dentistry،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jiang, Chunqi…[et al.]. In Vitro Antimicrobial Effect of a Cold Plasma Jet against Enterococcus faecalis Biofilms. ISRN Dentistry No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jiang, Chunqi& Schaudinn, Christoph& Jaramillo, David E.& Webster, Paul& Costerton, J. William. In Vitro Antimicrobial Effect of a Cold Plasma Jet against Enterococcus faecalis Biofilms. ISRN Dentistry. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-461257
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-461257