Maja Miletić, Dragana Vuković, Irena Živanović, Ivana Dakić, Ivan Soldatović, Dejan Maletić, Saša Lazović, Gordana Malović, Zoran Petrović, Nevena Puač
March 13, 2014
Abstract
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.