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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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Autores principales: Halstead, Fenella D., Ahmed, Zahra, Bishop, Jonathan R. B., Oppenheim, Beryl A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335786/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0470-1