Evaluation of the effects of photodynamic therapy alone and combined with standard antifungal therapy on planktonic cells and biofilms of Fusarium spp. and Exophiala spp.

Evaluation of the effects of photodynamic therapy alone and combined with standard antifungal therapy on planktonic cells and biofilms of Fusarium spp. and Exophiala spp.

Infections of Fusarium spp. and Exophiala spp. are often chronic, recalcitrant, resulting in significant morbidity, causing discomfort, disfigurement, social isolation. Systemic disseminations happen in compromised patients, which are often refractory to available antifungal therapies and thereby l...

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Main Authors: Lujuan eGao, Shaojie eJiang, Yi eSun, Meiqi eDeng, Qingzhi eWu, Ming eLi, Tongxiang eZeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Exophiala
Fusarium
Biofilm
Photodynamic inactivation
planktonic
antifungal susceptibility
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00617/full

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