Photodynamic therapy using intra‐articular photofrin for murine MRSA arthritis: Biphasic light dose response for neutrophil‐mediated antibacterial effect

Abstract

Bacterial arthritis does not respond well to antibiotics and moreover multidrug resistance is spreading. We previously tested photodynamic therapy (PDT) mediated by systemic Photofrin® in a mouse model of methicillin‐resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) arthritis, but found that neutrophils were killed by PDT and therefore the infection was potentiated.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2011
Source ID
10.1002/lsm.21037

Entities

People

  • Koichi Nemoto
  • Manabu Kinoshita
  • Masamitsu Tanaka
  • Michael R. Hamblin
  • Nariyoshi Shinomiya
  • Shuhji Seki
  • Yasuo Yoshihara
  • Yuji Morimoto

Organizations

  • Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
  • United States Air Force

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology
  • Neurotrauma and Rehabilitation Medicine.
  • Toxicology/Environmental Toxicology