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Thursday 31 January 2013
Blue light for treating bacterial infections
Blue
light can selectively eradicate Pseudomonas
aeruginosa infections of the skin and soft tissues, while preserving the
outermost layer of skin, according to a new study published in the journal Antimicrobial
Agents and Chemotherapy.
T.
Dai, A. Gupta, Y.-Y. Huang, R. Yin, C. K. Murray, M. S. Vrahas, M. Sherwood, G.
P. Tegos, M. R. Hamblin. Blue light rescues mice from potentially fatal
Pseudomonas aeruginosa burn infection: efficacy, safety, and mechanism of
action. Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 2012
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