Antimicrobial and immunomodulatory responses of photodynamic therapy in Galleria mellonella model

Abstract Background New therapeutics are urgently needed for infectious diseases, especially for the fungal infection like Fonsecaea monophora. Photodynamic therapy has been showing antimicrobial activity on some pathogens. The combination of antimicrobial medicines and photodynamic therapy (PDT) mi...

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Published in:	BMC Microbiology
Main Authors:	Xiaowen Huang, Meinian Xu, Wen Pan, Menglei Wang, Xiaoyan Wu, Siqi Dai, Li Li, Kang Zeng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMC 2020-07-01
Subjects:	Photodynamic therapy Galleria mellonella Hemocytes Fonsecaea monophora Innate immunity
Online Access:	http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-020-01882-9