Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: An effective alternative approach to control fungal infections

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Baltazar, Ludmila M ^a   Ray, Anjana ^a   Santos, Daniel A ^b   Cisalpino, Patrícia S ^b   Friedman, Adam J ^a   Nosanchuk, Joshua D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fungal cells; Light source; Photochemicals and photobiological events; Photodynamic inhibition; Photosensitizer; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CURCUMIN; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PHTHALOCYANINE; PORPHYRIN; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TOLONIUM CHLORIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTHRODERMA CAJETANI; ARTHRODERMA GYPSEUM; AUTOPHAGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CANDIDA TROPICALIS; CELL DEATH; CLADOPHIALOPHORA CARRIONII; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; EPIDERMOPHYTON FLOCCOSUM; FONSECAEA PEDROSOI; FUNGICIDAL ACTIVITY; FUNGUS GROWTH; HUMAN; MALASSEZIA FURFUR; MYCOSIS; NECROSIS; NITROSATIVE STRESS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; REVIEW; SPOROTHRIX SCHENCKII; TRICHOPHYTON MENTAGROPHYTES; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

ARTHRODERMATACEAE; TRICHOPHYTON RUBRUM;

EID: 84927168134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00202     Document Type: Review

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