The potential of visible blue light (405 nm) as a novel decontamination strategy for carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE)

BACKGROUND: Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae (CPE) pose a considerable threat to modern medicine. New treatment options and methods to limit spread need to be investigated. Blue light (BL) is intrinsically antimicrobial, and we have previously demonstrated significant antimicrobial effects...

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Published in:Antimicrob Resist Infect Control
Main Authors: Halstead, Fenella D., Ahmed, Zahra, Bishop, Jonathan R. B., Oppenheim, Beryl A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2019
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335786/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675341
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0470-1
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