The Effect of Electromagnetic Radiation Transmitted from Routers on Antibiotic Susceptibility of Bacterial Pathogens | ||
| Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering | ||
| مقاله 2، دوره 12، شماره 4، آبان 2022، صفحه 327-338 اصل مقاله (916.64 K) | ||
| نوع مقاله: Original Research | ||
| شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2111-1433 | ||
| نویسندگان | ||
| Athanasios Pegios1؛ Dimitrios Kavvadas* 2؛ Konstantinos Ζarras3؛ Konstantia Mpani4؛ Prodromos Soukiouroglou4؛ Sofia Charalampidou4؛ Eleni Vagdatli5؛ Theodora Papamitsou6 | ||
| 1MD, Pediatric Surgeon, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| 2PhD Candidate, Histology and Embryology Laboratory, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| 3MD, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece | ||
| 4MD, Department of Biopathology and Microbiology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| 5PhD, Department of Biopathology and Microbiology, Hippokratio General Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| 6PhD, Histology and Embryology Laboratory, Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
| چکیده | ||
| Background: Electromagnetic non-ionizing radiation has both thermal and non-thermal outcomes on biological systems, such as humans, animals, and bacteria. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the effect of non-ionizing radiofrequency radiation, emitted by Wi-Fi routers, on bacterial strains and the modification of their susceptibility to modern antibiotics. Material and Methods: In this case-control paired study, four bacteria were selected, and one colony from each bacterial strain was exposed to Wi-Fi radiation forming the exposure group. Another set of colonies was not exposed to Wi-Fi radiation, forming the control group. Eight different antibiotic disks were set on the bacterial plates, and the inhibition zone was measured every 3 h for each colony. Results: Electromagnetic radiation affects bacterial colonies and their susceptibility to antibiotics. Analysis revealed statistically significant differences, correlated with the bacterial strain, the antibiotic agent, and the time of the exposure, in the inhibition zones, mostly after 6 and 24 h (p-value < 0.05). Conclusion: A correlation was observed between antibiotic susceptibility and non-ionizing radiofrequency exposure. Studying the effects of radiofrequency radiation on prokaryotic organisms could clarify more complicated cell structures and organisms, such as eukaryotic. Further experiments, in vitro and in vivo, could provide more information about these outcomes and cause experts to discuss the current guidelines of exposure limits. | ||
| کلیدواژهها | ||
| Anti-Bacterial Agents؛ Bacteria؛ Drug Resistance؛ Radiofrequency Radiation؛ Wi-Fi؛ Wireless Technology | ||
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