Chitosan augments photodynamic inactivation of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1883-1890

  Tsai, Tsuimin ^a   Chien, Hsiung Fei ^b   Wang, Tze Hsien ^c   Huang, Ching Tsan ^c   Ker, Yaw Bee ^d   Chen, Chin Tin ^b,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; HEMATOPORPHYRIN; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEACETYLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; INCUBATION TIME; LIGHT EXPOSURE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC INACTIVATION; PHOTODYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHITOSAN; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEMATOPORPHYRINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYLYSINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 79955535255     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.00550-10     Document Type: Article

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