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Response to photo-oxidative stress of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 mutants impaired in different functions.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Nov 2017
Orlandi Viviana Teresa, Bolognese Fabrizio, Martegani Eleonora, Cantaluppi Vincenzo, Medana Claudio, Barbieri Paola
Abstract excerpt
Clinicians often have to deal with infections that are difficult to control because they are caused by superbugs resistant to many antibiotics. Alternatives to antibiotic treatment include antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT). The photodynamic process causes bacterial death, inducing oxidative stress through the photoactivation of photosensitizer molecules in the presence of oxygen. No PDT-resistant bacteria...
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