Photoantimicrobials as a potential local approach to geriatric UTIs

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 486-492

  Wainwright, M ^a   Stanforth, A ^a   Jones, R ^a   Loughran, C ^a   Meegan, K ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geriatric; Methylene blue; PACT; Photoantimicrobial; Toluidine blue; Trimethoprim; UTI

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PORPHYRINS; TERBIUM ALLOYS;

5-AMINOLAEVULINIC ACID; ANTIBACTERIALS; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; IN-SITU; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LIGHT DELIVERY; LOCAL APPROACHES; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOANTIMICROBIAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOLUIDINE BLUE; TRIMETHOPRIM; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

GERIATRICS;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; LEVOFLOXACIN; METHYLENE BLUE; PORPHYRIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CELL ORGANELLE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; BACTERIA; DRUG EFFECTS; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RADIATION RESPONSE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77950504529     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2010.02825.x     Document Type: Article

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