In Brazil there was an increase of post-surgical infections by rapidly growing mycobacteria, mainly Mycobacterium massiliense, leading the Agency for Sanitary Surveillance (ANVISA) to establish standards for the mandatory ...

The photodynamic inactivation (PDI), used for biological control of microorganisms, involves the action of a photosensitizer (PS), activated by visible light, in order to oxidize organic substrates, resulting in cytotoxic ...

Nonmelanoma skin cancer is the most frequent disease in the world population and it is becoming a public health problem. Due to this fact, new technologies are being tested for the treatment of this disease. Photodynamic ...

The Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT) has shown that is a promising alternative for buccal disinfection. The objective of this in situ work is to investigate the antimicrobial effect of photodynamic therapy ...

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) has been helping medicine in treatment infectious diseases and tumors. PDT's principle is based on a photosensitizer (PS) that is photoactivated by light at specific wavelength which generates ...

Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is known to be limited to applications in large volume tumours due to its limited penetration. Therefore, the PDT with the Luzitin® photossensitizer as well as a combination of PDT and laser ...

Infectious pneumonia is a major cause of morbidity/mortality, mainly due to the increasing rate of microorganisms resistant to antibiotics. Photodynamic Inactivation (PDI) is emerging as a promising approach, as effects ...

Demineralization and caries are often present in patients with orthodontic braces due to the increased accumulation of dental biofilm containing Streptococcus mutans, which produces acids that attack the tooth surface. ...

Breast cancer is one of the main health problems among women. It is the first cancer in incidence and the second in the number of deaths. This type of tumor presents a high degree of recurrence due to failures in the ...