Photodynamic and antibiotic therapy impair the pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium in a whole animal insect model.

Photodynamic and antibiotic therapy impair the pathogenesis of Enterococcus faecium in a whole animal insect model.

Enterococcus faecium has emerged as one of the most important pathogens in healthcare-associated infections worldwide due to its intrinsic and acquired resistance to many antibiotics, including vancomycin. Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is an alternative therapeutic platform that is curre...

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Main Authors: José Chibebe Junior, Beth B Fuchs, Caetano P Sabino, Juliana C Junqueira, Antonio O C Jorge, Martha S Ribeiro, Michael S Gilmore, Louis B Rice, George P Tegos, Michael R Hamblin, Eleftherios Mylonakis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3573038?pdf=render

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