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Table 1: Measured growth inhibition zone of the eight investigated clinical Staphylococcus aureus strains under control and plasma- or gas-treatment conditions and incubated with antibiotic susceptibility test disks (CXM – cefuroxime, CN – gentamicin, OX – oxacillin, VA – vancomycin, CIP – ciprofloxacin, SXT – co-trimoxazol, DA – clindamycin, E – erythromycin) in mm (diameter), with standard deviation (SD) and number of samples (n). The reduction values show the difference from the control. Red numbers represent a growth inhibition zone less than 15 mm, which suggests resistance to the respective drug. The genetic background of mecA and luk-P of each strain is shown, the sign “+” shows that the strain carry that gene, the sign “-” shows the absence of that gene in their genome.