title: Light sources for photodynamic inactivation of bacteria.
abstract: Bacteria have an important role in human and animal morbidity, and a great number of them have developed antibiotic resistance. In the past recent years a new way of dealing with this problem has been studied: photodynamic inactivation. This method is based on administration of a photosensitizing substance that fixes itself in the bacterial cell followed by exposure to a light source. In the experiments done by many researchers on photodynamic inactivation of bacteria, both coherent and non-coherent light sources were used. This article is a review of these light sources and of some experimental results obtained by different authors.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, P.O. Box MG-5, 1 Atomistilor Street, 077125, Magurele, Ilfov, Romania. micalin@inoe.inoe.ro
authors.forename: Mihaela Antonina
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Calin
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Parasca
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007834:Lasers; D008027:Light; D055620:Optical Phenomena; D018462:Photobiology; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D017319:Photosensitizing Agents
chemical_list: D017319:Photosensitizing Agents