Blue dye and red light, a dynamic combination for prophylaxis and treatment of cutaneous Candida albicans infections in mice

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5710-5717

  Dai, Tianhong ^a,b   Bil De Arce, Vida J ^a   Tegos, George P ^a,b,c   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; METHYLENE BLUE; NEW METHYLENE BLUE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNGAL CELL; FUNGAL STRAIN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED LIGHT; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN CANDIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDIASIS, CUTANEOUS; COLORING AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; MICE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81555206711     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.05404-11     Document Type: Article

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