Effect of Ca2+ on the photobactericidal efficacy of methylene blue and toluidine blue against gram-negative bacteria and the dye affinity for lipopolysaccharides

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 946-954

  Usacheva, Marina N ^a   Teichert, Matthew C ^a   Sievert, Chet E ^a   Biel, Merrill A ^a  

^a Advanced Photodynamic Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial damage; CaCl2 inhibition; Phenothiazine dyes; Photobleaching; Proteins of bacterial outer membrane; Red laser light

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CALCIUM ION; DYE; METHYLENE BLUE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; COLORING AGENT; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLEACHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; COLORING AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; LASERS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; METHYLENE BLUE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 33845925315     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20400     Document Type: Article

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