Antimicrobial Sonodynamic and Photodynamic Therapies
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Pharmaceutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 12739
Special Issue Editors
Interests: antifungal drug resistance; photodynamic therapy; oral microbiology; biofilms; fungal infections
Interests: photodynamic therapy; prosthetic stomatitis; oral biofilm; antifungals
Interests: photodynamic inactivation; oral biofilms; antifungal drug resistance; curcumin; systematic reviews; research methods and proper study design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global changes have influenced the existing infectious diseases, such as vector-borne illness, and the emergence of new pathogens, which may result in epidemics and pandemics. Moreover, the overuse of antimicrobial agents (antibiotics and antifungals) has led to the problem of antimicrobial resistance. Multidrug-resistant pathogens are difficult to treat and cause diseases with high morbidity and mortality; sometimes no option of treatment is available. Microbial biofilms are also a challenge, because they require high concentrations of antimicrobials for their inactivation and are responsible for chronic and recurrent diseases. Therefore, the development of alternative therapies is encouraged, and antimicrobial photodynamic and sonodynamic therapies (aPDT and aSDT) have been studied in the battle against new and/or resistant microbes.
This Special Issue aims to gather recent advances about aPDT and aSDT against pathogens. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: new photosensitizers (PS) and formulations, biofilms, combination therapy, cell biology, molecular biology, biophotonics, oxidative stress, and virulence.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ewerton Garcia De Oliveira Mima
Prof. Dr. Ana Claudia Pavarina
Dr. Livia Nordi Dovigo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- photochemotherapy
- anti-infective agents
- biofilms
- drug resistance
- light
- ultrasonics
- combined modality therapy
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