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CORRECTION article

Front. Microbiol., 09 December 2025

Sec. Antimicrobials, Resistance and Chemotherapy

Volume 16 - 2025 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2025.1741013

This article is part of the Research TopicInnovative Approaches to Preventing and Treating Biofilm-Associated InfectionsView all 8 articles

Correction: Assessment of the anti-biofilm effect of UV-C irradiation (254 nm) against healthcare associated infections related microorganisms

  • 1Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy
  • 2Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
  • 3Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
  • 4Medicine Department, School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  • 5Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
  • 6Department of Humanities, University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Urbino, Italy

A Correction on
Assessment of the anti-biofilm effect of UV-C irradiation (254 nm) against healthcare associated infections related microorganisms

by Palma, F., Díaz-Navarro, M., Visedo, A., Sanz-Ruíz, P., Brandi, G., Schiavano, G. F., and Guembe, M. (2025). Front. Microbiol. 16:1570334. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1570334

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An incorrect Funding statement was provided. The correct funding statement reads:

“The author(s) declare that financial support was received for the research and/or publication of this article. The open access publication of this paper was funded by research grants from the Department of Humanities, DISTUM of the University of Urbino Carlo Bo.”

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“The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for publication of this article from the Department of Humanities – DISTUM of the University of Urbino Carlo Bo.”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: UV-C, biofilm, hospital surface, disinfection, healthcare-associated infection

Citation: Palma F, Díaz-Navarro M, Visedo A, Sanz-Ruíz P, Brandi G, Schiavano GF and Guembe M (2025) Correction: Assessment of the anti-biofilm effect of UV-C irradiation (254 nm) against healthcare associated infections related microorganisms. Front. Microbiol. 16:1741013. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2025.1741013

Received: 06 November 2025; Revised: 06 November 2025;
Accepted: 25 November 2025; Published: 09 December 2025.

Edited and reviewed by: Rustam Aminov, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

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*Correspondence: Giuditta Fiorella Schiavano, Z2l1ZGl0dGEuc2NoaWF2YW5vQHVuaXVyYi5pdA==

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