[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of pulsed high intensity
neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) laser on staphylococcus aureus (S.
aureus) and pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) bacterial growth, which cause many
health problems and establish which doses are effective in bacterial inhibition.
[Materials and Methods] Five samples of S. aureus and five samples of P. aeruginosa were
prepared in the microbiology lab, one used as control sample and the other 4 samples acted
as experimental samples. The experimental samples received pulsed high intensity Nd: YAG
laser with a total dose of 500, 600, 700 and 800 joules. The primary measures are colony
count and the percentage decrease in colony count, the colony count was assessed at
baseline and after 24 h of laser application. [Result] There was significant decrease in
colony count and the percentage decrease in colony count after pulsed high intensity Nd:
YAG laser application in all experimental samples of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa after 24
h of application for all doses (500, 600, 700 and 800 j) as compared with the control
sample, with the most effect in higher doses of pulsed high intensity Nd: YAG laser than
lower doses in both types of bacteria. [Conclusion] pulsed high intensity Nd: YAG laser
was found to be an effective modality for inhibition of S. aureus and P. aeruginosa growth
after a single application.
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