Disinfection of ocular cells and tissues by atmospheric-pressure cold plasma.

BACKGROUND: Low temperature plasmas have been proposed in medicine as agents for tissue disinfection and have received increasing attention due to the frequency of bacterial resistance to antibiotics. This study explored whether atmospheric-pressure cold plasma (APCP) generated by a new portable dev...

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Main Authors: Paola Brun, Maria Vono, Paola Venier, Elena Tarricone, Velika Deligianni, Emilio Martines, Matteo Zuin, Silvia Spagnolo, Roberto Cavazzana, Romilda Cardin, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Alvise La Gloria Valerio, Andrea Leonardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3303808?pdf=render