In vitro effects of photodynamic therapy on Aspergillus fumigatus

  • Joseph S. Friedberg
  • , Cynthia Skema
  • , Eric D. Baum
  • , Jeffrey Burdick
  • , Sergei A. Vinogradov
  • , David F. Wilson
  • , Annamarie D. Horan
  • , Irving Nachamkin

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Abstract

Photodynamic therapy is a technique for killing cells with visible light after pretreatment with a photosensitizing agent. We demonstrated significant in vitro fungicidal activity against Aspergillus fumigatus of the photosensitizer Green 2W, activated with 630 nm light. This effect was both inoculum- and light dose-dependent. At a Green 2W concentration of 31.5 mg/L, there was complete killing of 2.7 × 101 cfu/mL with a light dose of 110 J/cm2 and up to 2.7 × 106 cfu/mL with a light dose of 385 J/cm2.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)105-107
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001

Keywords

  • Aspergillus fumigatus/drug effects
  • Photochemotherapy

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