Applications of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy against bacterial biofilms

SP Songca, Y Adjei - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and allied photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy
have shown remarkable activity against bacterial pathogens in both planktonic and biofilm …

Clinical applications of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in dentistry

L Gholami, S Shahabi, M Jazaeri, M Hadilou… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Given the emergence of resistant bacterial strains and novel microorganisms that globally
threaten human life, moving toward new treatment modalities for microbial infections has …

Confronting antifungal resistance, tolerance, and persistence: advances in drug target discovery and delivery systems

L Chen, L Zhang, Y Xie, Y Wang, X Tian, W Fang… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Human pathogenic fungi pose a serious threat to human health and safety. Unfortunately,
the limited number of antifungal options is exacerbated by the continuous emergence of …

Antimicrobial Resistance: Is There a 'Light'at the End of the Tunnel?

LG Leanse, S Marasini, C Dos Anjos, T Dai - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, with the increases in microorganisms that express a multitude of
antimicrobial resistance (AMR) mechanisms, the threat of antimicrobial resistance in the …

Cupric-ion-promoted fabrication of oxygen-replenishing nanotherapeutics for synergistic chemo and photodynamic therapy against tumor hypoxia

L He, F Xu, Y Li, H Jin, PC Lo - Acta biomaterialia, 2023 - Elsevier
Mixing a glutathione (GSH)-responsive carboxy zinc (II) phthalocyanine (ZnPc*) and CuSO
4· 5H 2 O in water with or without the presence of the anticancer drug SN38 resulted in the …

The evil companion of OSCC: Candida albicans

Z Yang, S Zhang, N Ji, J Li, Q Chen - Oral Diseases, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Microbial dysbiosis and microbiome‐induced inflammation may play a role in the
etiopathogenesis of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Candida albicans (C. albicans) …

Fractional CO2 laser-assisted methylene blue photodynamic therapy is a potential alternative therapy for onychomycosis in the era of antifungal resistance

N Sobhy, H talla Eweed, SS Omar - Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Treatment of onychomycosis is challenging by virtue of the impact of nail
disfigurement, the location of the fungi within the nail and reported antifungal resistance …

Pluronic® P-123 as a reductant and stabilizing agent for gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) combined with methylene blue for photodynamic and photothermal therapy

TL Braga, PCV Conrado, LGZ Silva… - Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - Elsevier
The search for more effective drugs and therapies for the treatment of microbial diseases
has driven the development of nanomedicine in recent years. In this sense, the present work …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy: An emerging therapeutic modality in dentistry

N Suresh, B Joseph, P Sathyan, VK Sweety… - Bioorganic & Medicinal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is a rapidly evolving, non-invasive treatment modality with
considerable promise in dental pharmacotherapeutics. This review article comprehensively …

Effect of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy using toluidine blue on dual-species biofilms of Candida albicans and Candida krusei

ABF Rodrigues, JC da Silva Passos… - … and Photodynamic Therapy, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Although Candida albicans is the most frequent etiological agent of
candidiasis, it has been reported a sizable number of infections related to the non-albicans …