Originalartikel | erschienen - EPub | peer reviewed
Photodynamic therapy in dermatology: Actual indications and new alternative therapies
Photonics and Lasers in Medicine
2015 ;
4(4):
381 - 385
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Abstract
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is known for over
100 years in medicine and has shown considerable power
in the antimicrobial treatment of various infectious diseases
involving bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi. In the era
of worldwide emerging multi-resistance, novel treatment
options are strongly warranted and PDT may be a suitable
alternative to antibiotics against multidrug-resistant patho
-
gens. We were able to show excellent PDT (with toluidine
blue as sensitizer)
in vitro
results against clinically highly
relevant species like Methicillin-resistant
Staphylococcus
aureus
(MRSA) and multidrug-resistant
Proteus mirabilis
and
Klebsiella pneumonia
(extended beta-lactamase build
-
ner, ESBL) not being inferior in comparison to another
novel treatment, cold atmospheric plasma (CAP)
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Photonics and Lasers in Medicine
| Year | 2015 |
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| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 381 - 385 |
| Open Access | nein |
| Peer reviewed | ja |
| Article type | Originalartikel |
| Article state | erschienen - EPub |
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