1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine,National Cheng Kung University, 2Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine,National Cheng Kung University, 3Department of Ophthalmology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine,National Cheng Kung University, 4National Institute of Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology,National Health Research Institutes, 5Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine,National Cheng Kung University, 6Insititute of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine,National Cheng Kung University, 7Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine,National Cheng Kung University, 8Center of Applied Nanomedicine,National Cheng Kung University
O significado de pequenas colônias em Candida spp. resistência a medicamentos não foi totalmente explorado. A terapia fotodinâmica antimicrobiana (aPDT) oferece uma estratégia promissora contra infecções fúngicas resistentes a medicamentos. Este estudo demonstra que a aPDT mediada por rosa bengala desativa efetivamente Candida glabrata e induz pequenas colônias, apresentando um procedimento único.
