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ArticleSaudi journal of biological sciences2021

Efficacy of single versus multiple exposure by electromagnetic modalities on gram-negative and positive bacterial strains in an in-vitro model.

Snehil Dixit, Irfan Ahmad, Kumar Gular, Refaat A Eid, Ravi Shankar Reddy, Ivana Leão Ribeiro, Mohammed Abohashrh, Mastour Saeed Alshahrani, Jaya Shanker Tedla, Nitin Arun Dixit

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Article in Saudi journal of biological sciences, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Snehil DixitDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Irfan AhmadDepartment of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Kumar GularDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Refaat A EidDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Ravi Shankar ReddyDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Ivana Leão RibeiroDepartment of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Católica del Maule, Talca, Chile.
Mohammed AbohashrhDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
Mastour Saeed AlshahraniDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Jaya Shanker TedlaDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Nitin Arun DixitSenior Consultant Radiologist, Sahara India Medical Institute, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
King Khalid University · SACatholic University of the Maule · CLSahara Hospital · IN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThe primary purpose of the recent experiment was to scrutinize the dissimilarity between single and multiple exposures by electrotherapeutic modalities to determine the development of Gram-positive and Gram negative bacteria spectrum. MATERIAL AND

methodsBacterial strains employed in this study were Gram-negative bacteria such as

resultsRepeated Measures of analysis of variances (RANOVA) for within-subject effects was used to detect a global significant change within the means at dissimilar time points. The experiments of within-subjects revealed a significant difference within groups, df of (3, 40), F value of 39.38 and a p value less than 0.001, representing a significant variation between the three groups between pre and post exposures. There was a significant variation between single exposure and multiple exposures in the experimental sample's pre-post between the four groups with df (1, 40) f value of 2943.69 and p value less than 0.001. Scanning and Transmission electron microscopy images were also taken into account to determine the extent of damage caused to the bacterial cells surface topography in Gram negative and Gram positive spectrums.

conclusionThe study demonstrated that single high exposure with the LLLT appears to have the most emphatic effect followed by exposure by MWD and MT.

Indexed as

Electromagnetic spectrumGram negative bacteriaGram positive bacteriaLow level laser therapyMagnetic therapyMicrowave diathermyPhoto-inhibitory

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PMID33732053
PMCPMC7938153
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