TABLE 1.
Survival rates of Malassezia pachydermatis colony forming units (CFU) after cold atmospheric microwave plasma (CAMP)
| LPM (liters per min)_W | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| time | 10 LPM_30 W | 10 LPM_50 W | 15 LPM_30 W | 15 LPM_50 W | Ar gas only |
| 1 minute | 63 ± 16.64 | 50.33 ± 28.01 | 76.33 ± 12.59 | 36 ± 10 | 49.66 ±19.73 |
| 2 minutes | 46 ± 19.47 | 31 ± 19.08 | 61 ± 23.64 | 30.67 ± 9.81 | 51 ± 12 |
| 3 minutes* | 26 ± 11.36 a | 13.67 ± 7.37 b | 48 ± 13.75 a,b,c | 10.33 ± 3.51 a,c,d | 47 ± 10.58 a,b,d |
| 5 minutes* | 17 ± 7.55 e | 3.67 ± 4.62 e | 13.67 ± 5.77 e | 5 ± 4.58 e | 69.67 ± 2.31 e |
The CFU values are described the survival rates that were compared with the negative control at 100%.
*
Denotes significant difference (p < 0.05) about the antifungal effect of CAMP for each trial time, the Kruscal–Wallis test.
a,b,c,d and eDenote significant difference (p < 0.05) about comparison of the antifungal effect of CAMP for each condition, the Mann‐Whitney U test.
Different letters mean statistically significant differences (p < 0.05).
Data are presented as mean standard deviation.