Effects of growth phase and extracellular slime on photodynamic inactivation of gram-positive pathogenic bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2173-2178

  Gad, Faten ^a,b   Zahra, Touqir ^a   Hasan, Tayyaba ^a   Hamblin, Michael R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEWTON WELLESLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; DYE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; POLYLYSINE; POLYLYSINE CHLORIN E6; POLYSACCHARIDE; TALAPORFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; DRUG UPTAKE; EXTRACELLULAR SLIME; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH CURVE; INCUBATION TIME; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC INACTIVATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON;

BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 2542515349     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2173-2178.2004     Document Type: Article

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