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ArticleLasers in medical science2018

Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) using toluidine blue inhibits both growth and biofilm formation by Candida krusei.

Bruna Graziele Marques da Silva, Moisés Lopes Carvalho, Isabela Bueno Rosseti, Stella Zamuner, Maricilia Silva Costa

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Article in Lasers in medical science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bruna Graziele Marques da SilvaInstituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D), Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), Av. Shishima Hifumi 2911, São José dos Campos, CEP: 12244-000, Brazil.
Moisés Lopes CarvalhoInstituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D), Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), Av. Shishima Hifumi 2911, São José dos Campos, CEP: 12244-000, Brazil.
Isabela Bueno RossetiAnhanguera Educacional, Av. Doutor João Batista de Souza Soares, 4009-Jardim Morumbi, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.
Stella ZamunerPosgraduated Program in Medicine, Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Maricilia Silva CostaInstituto de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento (IP&D), Universidade do Vale do Paraíba (UNIVAP), Av. Shishima Hifumi 2911, São José dos Campos, CEP: 12244-000, Brazil. mscosta@univap.br.
Universidade do Vale do Paraíba · BRCentro Universitário Anhanguera · BRUniversidade Nove de Julho · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among non-albicans Candida species, the opportunistic pathogen Candida krusei emerges because of the high mortality related to infections produced by this yeast. The Candida krusei is an opportunistic pathogen presenting an intrinsic resistance to fluconazol. In spite of the reduced number of infections produced by C. krusei, its occurrence is increasing in some groups of patients submitted to the use of fluconazol for prophylaxis. Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT) is a potential antimicrobial therapy that combines visible light and a nontoxic dye, known as a photosensitizer, producing reactive oxygen species (ROS) that can kill the treated cells. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of PACT, using toluidine blue, as a photosensitizer on both growth and biofilm formation by Candida krusei. In this work, we studied the effect of the PACT, using TB on both cell growth and biofilm formation by C. krusei. PACT was performed using a light source with output power of 0.068 W and peak wavelength of 630 nm, resulting in a fluence of 20, 30, or 40 J/cm

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PhotochemotherapyAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsBiofilmsCandidaLightMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPhotosensitizing AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesTolonium ChlorideAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsPhotosensitizing AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesTolonium ChlorideBiofilm formationCandida kruseiPACTPhotodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapyToluidine blue

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