Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for inactivation of biofilms formed by oral key pathogens

With increasing numbers of antibiotic-resistant pathogens all over the world there is a pressing need for strategies that are capable of inactivating biofilm-state pathogens with less potential of developing resistances in pathogens. Antimicrobial strategies of that kind are especially needed in den...

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Main Authors: Fabian eCieplik, Laura eTabenski, Wolfgang eBuchalla, Tim eMaisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2014.00405/full