Photodynamic Antifungal Therapy Against Chromoblastomycosis

Mycopathologia

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 293-297

  Lyon, Juliana Pereira ^a   de Pedroso e Silva Azevedo, Conceição Maria ^b   Moreira, Leonardo Marmo ^a   de Lima, Carlos José ^c   de Resende, Maria Aparecida ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE CAMILO CASTELO BRANCO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antifungal photodynamic therapy; Chromoblastomycosis; Methylene blue; PDT

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOMYCOSIS; CYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHROMOBLASTOMYCOSIS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; CANDIDA; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 80052542279     PISSN: 0301486X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11046-011-9434-6     Document Type: Article

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