Ultraviolet-C light for treatment of Candida albicans burn infection in mice

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 342-349

  Dai, Tianhong ^a,b   Kharkwal, Gitika B ^a,b   Zhao, Jie ^a   Denis, Tyler G St ^a,c   Wu, Qiuhe ^a,b,d   Xia, Yumin ^a   Huang, Liyi ^a,b,e   Sharma, Sulbha K ^a   D'Enfert, Christophe ^f,g   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,b,h  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c John Jay High School   (United States)

^d JINAN CENTRAL HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Unité Biologie et Pathogénicité Fongiques   (France)

^g INRA F 75015   (France)

^h HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BURN; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELL CULTURE; HUMAN; MOUSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; TRAUMATIC SHOCK; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BURNS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; MICE; SHOCK, TRAUMATIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; GAUSSIA PRINCEPS (T. SCOTT, 1894); MUS;

EID: 79952119263     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00886.x     Document Type: Article

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