Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fu, Xiu Jun ^a   Fang, Yong ^a   Yao, Min ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 (ETHYLAMINO) 8 DIETHYLAMINOBENZO[A]PHENOXAZINIUM; ACRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; ALUMINUM DISULPHONATED PHTHALOCYANINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BL 1065; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; CYCLODEXTRIN; DNA; EDETIC ACID; HEMATOPORPHYRIN; LIPOSOME; METHYLENE BLUE; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHENOTHIAZINIUM; PHENOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHOTOFRIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PHTHALOCYANINE; PHTHALOCYANINE DERIVATIVE; PHTHALOCYANINE ZINC; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYMYXIN B; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; ROSE BENGAL; TEICOPLANIN; TETRAHYDROPORPHYRIN TETRATOSYLAT; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASM; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EPIDEMIC; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPOPHILICITY; MEDIATOR; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NANOENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMICS; REVIEW; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PNEUMONIA, STAPHYLOCOCCAL;

EID: 84875426176     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/159157     Document Type: Review

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