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Amphiphilic di-cationic methylene blue for improving antibacterial photodynamic efficiency through high accumulation and low aggregation on bacterial cell surfaces

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The role of the light source in antimicrobial photodynamic therapy

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The Patenting and Technological Trends in Candidiasis Treatment: A Systematic Review (2014-2018)

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Morphological aspects and the effectiveness of photodynamic inactivation against Rhizopus oryzae in different life cycles

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Efficiency of the photodynamic therapy on viability of Streptococcus mutans in the oral cavity using chitosan nanoparticles: an in vitro study

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Photodynamic potential of hexadecafluoro zinc phthalocyanine in nanostructured lipid carriers: physicochemical characterization, drug delivery and antimicrobial effect against Candida albicans

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Methylene blue mediated antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in clinical human studies: The state of the art

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Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy mediated by methylene blue in surfactant vehicle on periodontopathogens

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Evaluation of photodynamic therapy in pericoronitis

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PRINCIPAIS MANIFESTAÇÕES ORAIS NA ODONTOPEDIATRIA: Revisão da literatura

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Enhancing effect of chitosan on methylene blue-mediated photodynamic therapy against C. albicans: A study in planktonic growth, biofilms, and persister cells

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Evaluation of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy with Butyl toluidine blue O for inactivation of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans biofilm

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Antifungal effect of photodynamic therapy mediated by curcumin on Candida albicans biofilms in vitro

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Evaluation of halitosis in adult patients after treatment with photodynamic therapy associated with periodontal treatment

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Varun Dolia, Asha Liza James, Satadru Chakrabarty and Kabeer Jasuja

Carbon Trends, 2021, 4, 100066
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Beta-lactam antibiotics under light: optical and photochemical characterization

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Duodenal mucosal resurfacing with photodynamic therapy using methylene blue in a mouse model

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Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2023, 44, 103733
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Clinical aPDT's effect on Candida albicans: Antifungal susceptibility, virulence gene expression, and correlation with leukocyte and neutrophil counts

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Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2024, 49, 104327
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Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy action of phenothiazinium dyes in planktonic Candida albicans is increased in sodium dodecyl sulfate

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Methylene Blue-Mediated Photodynamic Therapy Induces Macrophage Apoptosis via ROS and Reduces Bone Resorption in Periodontitis

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An injectable MB/BG@LG sustained release lipid gel with antibacterial and osteogenic properties for efficient treatment of chronic periodontitis in rats

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Photodynamic therapy-a promising treatment of oral mucosal infections

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Pluronic® P-123 as a reductant and stabilizing agent for gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) combined with methylene blue for photodynamic and photothermal therapy

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Photodynamic inactivation of Lasiodiplodia theobromae : lighting the way towards an environmentally friendly phytosanitary treatment

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Pericoronitis treatment with antimicrobial photodynamic therapy using a new formula of methylene blue: A case report

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Does pre-irradiation time influence the efficacy of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy?

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Effect of curcumin-encapsulated Pluronic® F-127 over duo-species biofilm of Streptococcus mutans and Candida albicans

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Eco‐Friendly and Self‐Sanitizing Microporous Cellulose Sponge (MCS)‐Based Cooling Media for Mitigating Microbial Cross‐Contamination in the Food Cold Chain

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Viscous methylene blue formulation for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy in dentistry

Carolina Montovam Monteiro, José Marcelo Lacerda Alves Gonçalves, Gabriela Benedito Machado, Orlando Chiarelli-Neto, Renato Araújo Prates, Céline Frochot and Christiane Pavani

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Light-Activated Antifungal Properties of Imidazolium-Functionalized Cationic Conjugated Polymers

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Molecular characteristics of the photosensitizer TONS504: Comparison of its singlet oxygen quantum yields and photodynamic antimicrobial effect with those of methylene blue

Koichiro Shinji, Taiichiro Chikama, Shigetoshi Okazaki, Yoshihiro Uto, Kentaro Sueoka, Yunialthy Dwia Pertiwi, Ji-Ae Ko, Yoshiaki Kiuchi and Takemasa Sakaguchi

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Photosensitizers Mediated Photodynamic Inactivation against Fungi

Daniel Ziental, Dariusz T. Mlynarczyk, Beata Czarczynska-Goslinska, Konrad Lewandowski and Lukasz Sobotta

Nanomaterials, 2021, 11, 2883
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Nanostructured systems based on pluronics to carry gold nanoparticles and methylene blue aiming for multimodal therapy

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Rapid Inactivation of mixed biofilms of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis using antibacterial photodynamic therapy: Based on PAD™ Plus

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Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy mediated by methylene blue in surfactant vehicle as adjuvant to periodontal treatment. Randomized, controlled, double-blind clinical trial

Claudio Teruo Kassa, Luciana Toledo Costa Salviatto, Ana Carolina A.C. Tortamano, Ketlyn Sthefany Rost-Lima, Carla Andreotti Damante, Christiane Pavani, Alessandro Deana, Ilka Tiemy Kato, Mark Wainwright and Renato Araujo Prates

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2023, 41, 103194
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Comparison between two antimicrobial photodynamic therapy protocols for oral candidiasis in patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer: A two-arm, single-blind clinical trial

Larissa Lopes Fonseca, Cristina Paixão Durães, Agna Soares da Silva Menezes, Angeliny Tamiarana Lima Tabosa, Chelsea Uramoto Barbosa, Arlen de Paulo Santiago Filho, Daniela Paola Santos de Paula Souza, Victor Hugo Dantas Guimarães, Sérgio Henrique Sousa Santos, Alfredo Maurício Batista de Paula, Lucyana Conceição Farias and André Luiz Sena Guimarães

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2022, 39, 102983
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Visible light-induced synergic antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles/methylene blue nanohybrids encapsulated in chitosan and pluronic polymers

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Chem. Pap., 2023, 77, 549
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Parameters for antimicrobial photodynamic therapy on periodontal pocket—Randomized clinical trial

Letícia H. Alvarenga, Ana Carolina Gomes, Pamela Carribeiro, Bianca Godoy-Miranda, Giovane Noschese, Martha Simões Ribeiro, Ilka Tiemy Kato, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Christiane Pavani, Yhago Gazote Eloy Geraldo, Daniela de Fátima Teixeira da Silva, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Mark Wainwright and Renato Araujo Prates

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2019, 27, 132
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Solar Heterogenous Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylthionine Chloride on a Flat Plate Reactor: Effect of pH and H2O2 Addition

Pablo E. Zaruma-Arias, Cynthia M. Núñez-Núñez, Luis A. González-Burciaga and José B. Proal-Nájera

Catalysts, 2022, 12, 132
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The importance of combining methods to assess Candida albicans biofilms following photodynamic inactivation

Gabriela Alves da Collina, Fernanda Viana Cabral, Carolina Montovam Monteiro, Gabriela Benedito Machado, José Marcelo Lacerda Alves Gonçalves, Fernanda Freire, Renato Araújo Prates, Martha Simões Ribeiro and Christiane Pavani

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2022, 38, 102769
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Enhancing antimicrobial photodynamic therapy with phenothiazinium dyes and sodium dodecyl sulfate against Candida albicans at various growth stages

Gabriela Benedito Machado, Carolina Montovam Monteiro, José Marcelo Lacerda Alves Gonçalves and Christiane Pavani

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2023, 42, 103628
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The combination of methylene blue and sodium dodecyl sulfate enhances the antimicrobial photodynamic therapy of Candida albicans at lower light parameters

José Marcelo Lacerda Alves Gonçalves, Carolina Montovam Monteiro, Gabriela Benedito Machado and Christiane Pavani

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy, 2023, 42, 103583
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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy in the Nasal Decolonization of Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Daniella Teixeira Bezerra, Andreia La Selva, Rebeca Boltes Cecatto, Alessandro Melo Deana, Renato Araujo Prates, Sandra Kalil Bussadori, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari, Lara Jansiski Motta, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes, Ana Luiza Cabrera Martimbianco, Céline Frochot, Benedito Jorge Pereira, Flávia Rossi, Marcelo Jenne Mimica and Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana

American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 2023, 81, 528
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