Photodynamic therapy in Pythium insidiosum - an in vitro study of the correlation of sensitizer localization and cell death.

Pythiosis is an infectious disease caused by Pythium insidiosum, a fungus-like organism. Due to the lack of ergosterol on its cell membrane, antibiotic therapy is ineffective. The conventional treatment is surgery, but lesion recurrence is frequent, requiring several resections or limb amputation. P...

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Main Authors: Layla Pires, Sandra de Moraes Gimenes Bosco, Maurício S Baptista, Cristina Kurachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24465559/?tool=EBI