Cold Atmospheric Plasma Promotes Killing of Staphylococcus aureus by Macrophages

• DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00217-21
• Publication Date: 2021-06-16T20:55:32Z
• Authors: Constance Duchesne; Nadira Frescaline; Océane Blaise; Jean-Jacques Lata...; Sébastien Banzet; Olivier Dussurget; Antoine Rousseau
• Keywords: reactive oxygen species; 0301 basic medicine; Staphylococcus aureus; 572; plasma jet; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; cathepsin D; phagocyte; phagosome maturation; Microbiology; QR1-502; 3. Good health; [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]; 03 medical and health sciences; reactive nitrogen species; LAMP-1; staphylococci; Research Article

Staphylococcus aureus is the most frequent cause of skin and soft tissue infections. Treatment failures are increasingly common due to antibiotic resistance emergence resistant strains.