Photodynamic inactivation of biofilm: Taking a lightly colored approach to stubborn infection

Expert Review of Anti-Infective Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 669-693

  De Melo, Wanessa C M A ^a,b,c   Avci, Pinar ^a,b   De Oliveira, Milene Nóbrega ^c   Gupta, Asheesh ^a,b,d   Vecchio, Daniela ^a,b   Sadasivam, Magesh ^a,e   Chandran, Rakkiyappan ^a,e   Huang, Ying Ying ^a,b   Yin, Rui ^a,b,f   Perussi, Livia R ^g   Tegos, George P ^a,b,h,i   Perussi, Janice R ^c   Dai, Tianhong ^a,b   Hamblin, Michael R ^a,b,j  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^e AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

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

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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

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Author keywords

antimicrobial photodynamic therapy; biofilm; dental infection; extracellular polysaccharide; microbial resistance; multidrug efflux pump; persister cells; photosensitizers

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; NANOPARTICLE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NANOPHARMACEUTICS; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880910975     PISSN: 14787210     EISSN: 17448336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/14787210.2013.811861     Document Type: Review

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