Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Study of Bacterial Recovery Viability and Potential Development of Resistance after Treatment

Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: Study of Bacterial Recovery Viability and Potential Development of Resistance after Treatment

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has emerged in the clinical field as a potential alternative to antibiotics to treat microbial infections. No cases of microbial viability recovery or any resistance mechanisms against it are yet known. 5,10,15-tris(1-Methylpyridinium-4-yl)-20-(pentafluoroph...

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Main Authors: Eliana Alves, Newton C. M. Gomes, Ângela Cunha, José A. S. Cavaleiro, Augusto C. Tomé, João P. C. Tomé, Maria G. P. M. S. Neves, Maria A. Faustino, Carla M. B. Carvalho, Anabela Tavares, Adelaide Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-01-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
cationic porphyrin
antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
bacterial resistance
bacterial viability
bioluminescence
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/8/1/91/

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