Laser therapy enhances treatment of fungus resistant to conventional medication (IMAGE)

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Laser therapy enhances treatment of fungus resistant to conventional medication

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The hyphae of C. albicans form a biofilm that is almost impenetrable to drugs. Photodynamic inactivation (PDI) therapy managed to “break” these barriers

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Gabriela G. Guimarães et al

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