5-aminolevulinic acid-mediated photodynamic therapy and its strain-dependent combined effect with antibiotics on Staphylococcus aureus biofilm.

Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) is hard to be eradicated, not only due to the emergence of antibiotic resistant strains but also because of its ability to form biofilm. Antibiotics are the major approach to treating biofilm infections, but their effects are unsatisfactory. One of the potential alt...

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Main Authors: Qing-Zhao Zhang, Ke-Qing Zhao, Yang Wu, Xian-Hui Li, Chen Yang, Li-Min Guo, Chun-Hong Liu, Di Qu, Chun-Quan Zheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5373590?pdf=render