title: Efficacy of copper-silver ionization in controlling biofilm- and plankton-associated waterborne pathogens.
abstract: The study was to determine the efficacy of copper-silver ionization against the formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, and Acinetobacter baumannii in biofilms and planktonic phases. At concentrations below the EPA limits, ionization has potential to control the three waterborne pathogens, in addition to Legionella, in hospital water systems for nosocomial infection control.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Institute of Environmental Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, 62 Shen-chong Rd, Yanchao, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 824.
authors.forename: Hsiu-Yun
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: Yusen E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D040981:Acinetobacter baumannii / Q000187:drug effects*; D018441:Biofilms / Q000187:drug effects*; D003300:Copper / Q000633:toxicity*; D004203:Disinfection / Q000379:methods; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D007477:Ions / Q000633:toxicity; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000187:drug effects*; D012834:Silver / Q000633:toxicity*; D020615:Stenotrophomonas maltophilia / Q000187:drug effects*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D007477:Ions; D012834:Silver; D003300:Copper