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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Family and Reproductive Health">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Family and Reproductive Health</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>1735-8949</Issn>
      <Volume>16</Volume>
      <Issue>3</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>09</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Effects of Cold plasma on Staphylococcus Aureus</title>
    <FirstPage>212</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>216</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Abolfazl</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mazandarani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Plasma and Nuclear Fusion Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Atomic Energy Organization, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Shervin</FirstName>
        <LastName>Goudarzi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Plasma and Nuclear Fusion Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Atomic Energy Organization, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mina</FirstName>
        <LastName>Jafarabadi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Vali-E-Asr Reproductive Health Research Center, Family Health Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Elham</FirstName>
        <LastName>Azimi Nekoo</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein University, New York, United States</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>06</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2022</Year>
        <Month>07</Month>
        <Day>17</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Objective: To investigate the effect of cold plasma on Staphylococcus aureus destruction at different treatment times.
Materials and methods: Staphylococcus aureus was cultured on 4 plates of LB Agar medium each at 
 1.5 &#xD7; 103 CFU / mL (colony-forming unit per milliliter) and one group was selected as the control group and the other 3 groups were treated with plasma for 5, 7 and 10 minutes. They were incubated for 
 24 hours at 37 &#xB0;C. Finally, the number of colonies formed was counted.
Results: It was shown that treatment with cold atmospheric plasma significantly reduced bacterial colonies and in comparison to the control plate with a colony count of 1.5 &#xD7; 103 CFU/mL treatment with air plasma for 10 minutes decreased the Pseudomonas colony count to zero.
Conclusion: It was observed that the cold atmospheric plasma jet device manufactured in atomic Energy Organization of Iran can significantly kill bacteria in a short time. Increasing the duration of treatment significantly reduces bacterial colonies.</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jfrh.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jfrh/article/view/2125</web_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
