Synergistic antibacterial strategy based on photodynamic therapy: Progress and perspectives

X Hu, H Zhang, Y Wang, BC Shiu, JH Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The dramatic increase in drug resistant bacteria resistance to existing conventional
antibiotics poses a great challenge to the effective treatment of infectious diseases …

Photoantimicrobials—are we afraid of the light?

M Wainwright, T Maisch, S Nonell… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Although conventional antimicrobial drugs have been viewed as miraculous cure-alls for the
past 80 years, increasing antimicrobial drug resistance requires a major and rapid …

Application of porphyrins in antibacterial photodynamic therapy

BM Amos-Tautua, SP Songca, OS Oluwafemi - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibiotics are commonly used to control, treat, or prevent bacterial infections, however
bacterial resistance to all known classes of traditional antibiotics has greatly increased in the …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: Latest developments with a focus on combinatory strategies

R Youf, M Müller, A Balasini, F Thétiot, M Müller… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has become a fundamental tool in modern
therapeutics, notably due to the expanding versatility of photosensitizers (PSs) and the …

Photodynamic and antibiotic therapy in combination against bacterial infections: efficacy, determinants, mechanisms, and future perspectives

Y Feng, CC Tonon, S Ashraf, T Hasan - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Antibiotic treatment, the mainstay for the control of bacterial infections, is greatly hampered
by the global prevalence of multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria. Photodynamic therapy (PDT) …

Advances in photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy

A Anas, J Sobhanan, KM Sulfiya, C Jasmin… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT)
combine light and photosensitizers to treat cancers and microbial infections, respectively. In …

Advancements in nonthermal physical field technologies for prefabricated aquatic food: A comprehensive review

X Ying, T Li, S Deng, C Brennan… - … reviews in food …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic foods are nutritious, enjoyable, and highly favored by consumers. In recent years,
young consumers have shown a preference for prefabricated food due to its convenience …

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in the control of COVID-19

A Almeida, MAF Faustino, MG Neves - Antibiotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT), using well known, safe and cost-effective
photosensitizers, such as phenothiazines, eg, methylene blue (MB), or porphyrins, eg …

Potential applications of porphyrins in photodynamic inactivation beyond the medical scope

E Alves, MAF Faustino, MG Neves, A Cunha… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Although the discovery of light-activated antimicrobial agents had been reported in the
1900s, only more recently research work has been developed toward the use of …

[HTML][HTML] BODIPYs in antitumoral and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy: An integrating review

ML Agazzi, MB Ballatore, AM Durantini… - … of Photochemistry and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nowadays, both cancer and infections caused by antibiotic resistant microorganisms are
problems that affect the entire planet. Phototherapy (namely photodynamic therapy (PDT) …