An Insight Into the Potentiation Effect of Potassium Iodide on aPDT Efficacy

An Insight Into the Potentiation Effect of Potassium Iodide on aPDT Efficacy

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) is gaining a special importance as an effective approach against multidrug-resistant strains responsible of fatal infections. The addition of potassium iodide (KI), a non-toxic salt, is recognized to increase the aPDT efficiency of some photosensitizers (PSs...

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Main Authors: Cátia Vieira, Ana T. P. C. Gomes, Mariana Q. Mesquita, Nuno M. M. Moura, M. Graça P. M. S. Neves, M. Amparo F. Faustino, Adelaide Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
antimicrobial photodynamic therapy
cationic porphyrins
phenothiazines
xanthenes
potassium iodide
bioluminescent E. coli
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02665/full

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