{"title":"Gas Plasmas Gently Rid Contact Lenses, Other Surfaces of Pathogens","authors":"D. Holzman","doi":"10.1128/MICROBE.11.238.1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Gas plasmas consisting of ionized air at ambient temperature can disinfect contact lenses in 2 minutes, according to Michael G. Kong of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., and his collaborators at several universities in the United Kingdom. The procedure is effective against bacteria, spores, fungi, and even cysts of Acanthamoeba protozoans, which are notoriously difficult to kill or remove from such surfaces. Thus, treating lenses with such plasmas will likely be effective in preventing keratitis, a serious inflammation of the cornea that can lead to blindness. Details appeared 18 March 2016 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (doi:10.1128/AEM.03863–15).","PeriodicalId":87479,"journal":{"name":"Microbe (Washington, D.C.)","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Microbe (Washington, D.C.)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1128/MICROBE.11.238.1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Gas plasmas consisting of ionized air at ambient temperature can disinfect contact lenses in 2 minutes, according to Michael G. Kong of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., and his collaborators at several universities in the United Kingdom. The procedure is effective against bacteria, spores, fungi, and even cysts of Acanthamoeba protozoans, which are notoriously difficult to kill or remove from such surfaces. Thus, treating lenses with such plasmas will likely be effective in preventing keratitis, a serious inflammation of the cornea that can lead to blindness. Details appeared 18 March 2016 in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (doi:10.1128/AEM.03863–15).
维吉尼亚州诺福克市老道明大学的Michael G. Kong和他在英国几所大学的合作者称,在环境温度下由电离空气组成的气体等离子体可以在2分钟内给隐形眼镜消毒。这种方法对细菌、孢子、真菌,甚至是棘阿米巴原虫的包囊都很有效,而棘阿米巴原虫是出了名的难以杀死或从这些表面去除的。因此,用这种等离子体治疗晶状体可能对预防角膜炎有效,角膜炎是一种严重的角膜炎症,可导致失明。详情发表于2016年3月18日的《应用与环境微生物学》(doi:10.1128/ AEM.03863-15)。