The in vitro effect of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on Candida and Staphylococcus biofilms

Özlem Güzel Tunçcan Ayşe Kalkancı Elif Ayca Unal Olkar Abdulmajed Merve Erdoğan Murat Dizbay Kayhan Cağlar

Published in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2018)

Although the results of this study indicated the in vitro efficacy of APDT, it might also be a promising technique for the control of biofilm growth within intravenous catheters.

Keyphrases

candida albicans
staphylococcus aureus
photodynamic therapy
biofilm formation
pseudomonas aeruginosa
high dose
escherichia coli
low dose