Prague Med. Rep. 2014, 115, 73-78

https://doi.org/10.14712/23362936.2014.8

Treatment of a Superficial Mycosis by Low-temperature Plasma: A Case Report

Michaela Švarcová1, Jaroslav Julák2,*, Vít Hubka3, Hana Soušková1, Vladimír Scholtz4

1Department of Computing and Control Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
2Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
3Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
4Department of Physics and Measurements, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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