Evaluation of the Effects of Photodynamic Therapy Alone and Combined with Standard Antifungal Therapy on Planktonic Cells and Biofilms of Fusarium spp. and Exophiala spp.

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Published in Front Microbiol on April 27, 2016

Authors

Lujuan Gao1, Shaojie Jiang2, Yi Sun3, Meiqi Deng4, Qingzhi Wu3, Ming Li1, Tongxiang Zeng3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Dermatology, Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University Shanghai, China.
2: Department of Gastroenterology, Jingzhou Central Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangtze University Jingzhou, China.
3: Department of Dermatology, Jingzhou Central Hospital, The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangtze University Jingzhou, China.
4: The Second Clinical Medical College, Yangtze University Jingzhou, China.

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