Bacteria-specific phototoxic reactions triggered by blue light and phytochemical carvacrol
Lu M, Wang S, Wang T, Hu S, Bhayana B, Ishii M, Kong Y, Cai Y, Dai T, Cui W, Wu M. Bacteria-specific phototoxic reactions triggered by blue light and phytochemical carvacrol. Science Translational Medicine 2021, 13 PMID: 33408183, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aba3571.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhototoxic reactionsMammalian cellsMultidrug-resistant bacterial infectionsSkin wound infectionThird-degree burn woundsAdverse eventsBacterial colony-forming unitsWound infectionCombined therapyAntibiotic susceptibilityMDR bacteriaBacterial infectionsBurn woundsSingle treatmentColony-forming unitsBlue lightArray of bacteriaInfectionWound healingHost DNABacterial resistanceMature biofilmsOxygen speciesSuccessive passagesTreatment