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ArticleBMC microbiology2024

Rose Bengal diacetate-mediated antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation: potentiation by potassium iodide and acceleration of wound healing in MRSA-infected diabetic mice.

Danfeng Wei, Michael R Hamblin, Hao Wang, Reza Fekrazad, Chengshi Wang, Xiang Wen

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Rose Bengal-Assisted Photodynamic Antimicrobial Therapy for Keratitis.Journal of ocular pharmacology and therapeutics : the official journal of the Association for Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics · 2025
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  8. MixedJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Danfeng WeiDepartment of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Michael R HamblinLaser Research Centre, Faculty of Health Science, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein, 2028, South Africa.
Hao WangDepartment of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Reza FekrazadRadiation Sciences Research Center, Laser Research Center in Medical Sciences, AJA University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Chengshi WangDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Center for Diabetes and Metabolism Research, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China.
Xiang WenDepartment of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No.37 Guo Xue Alley, Chengdu, 610041, China. xiangwen_wcums@163.com.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 81903226the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province 2022NSFSC1414
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies have shown that antimicrobial photodynamic inactivation (aPDI) can be strongly potentiated by the addition of the non-toxic inorganic salt, potassium iodide (KI). This approach was shown to apply to many different photosensitizers, including the xanthene dye Rose Bengal (RB) excited by green light (540 nm). Rose Bengal diacetate (RBDA) is a lipophilic RB derivative that is easily taken up by cells and hydrolyzed to produce an active photosensitizer. Because KI is not taken up by microbial cells, it was of interest to see if aPDI mediated by RBDA could also be potentiated by KI. The addition of 100 mM KI strongly potentiated the killing of Gram-positive methicillin-resistant Staphylocccus aureus, Gram-negative Eschericia coli, and fungal yeast Candida albicans when treated with RBDA (up to 15 µM) for 2 hours followed by green light (540 nm, 10 J/cm

Indexed as

Candida albicansMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusPhotosensitizing AgentsPotassium IodideRose BengalStaphylococcal InfectionsWound HealingAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDrug SynergismEscherichia coliLightMaleMicePhotochemotherapyPhotosensitizing AgentsPotassium IodideRose BengalAntimicrobial photodynamic inactivationDiabetic mouse infected woundMethicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureusPotassium iodide potentiationRose bengal diacetate

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PMID38970013
PMCPMC11225387

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