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Highly efficient in vitro photodynamic inactivation of Mycobacterium smegmatis

Author(s) -

Elke Feese,

Reza A. Ghiladi

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkp278

Subject(s) - mycobacterium smegmatis , porphyrin , methylene blue , photosensitizer , chemistry , in vitro , mycobacterium tuberculosis , photodynamic therapy , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , biochemistry , photochemistry , tuberculosis , medicine , photocatalysis , organic chemistry , pathology , genetics , catalysis

Efforts to control tuberculosis (TB) have been hampered by the emergence of multiple-drug resistant strains, necessitating pursuit of alternative approaches to the current antibiotic-based treatments. Herein, we explore the feasibility of photodynamic inactivation (PDI) of mycobacteria.

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