Species-specific antifungal activity of blue light.

Abstract:

:Fungal pathogens represent a significant threat to immunocompromised patients or individuals with traumatic injury. Strategies to efficiently remove fungal spores from hospital surfaces and, ideally, patient skin thus offer the prospect of dramatically reducing infections in at-risk patients. Photodynamic inactivation of microbial cells using light holds considerable potential as a non-invasive, minimally destructive disinfection strategy. Recent data indicate that high-intensity blue light effectively removes bacteria from surfaces, but its efficacy against fungi has not been fully tested. Here we test a wide range of fungi that are pathogenic to humans and demonstrate that blue light is effective against some, but not all, fungal species. We additionally note that secondary heating effects are a previously unrecognized confounding factor in establishing the antimicrobial activity of blue light. Thus blue light holds promise for the sterilization of clinical surfaces, but requires further optimization prior to widespread use.

journal_name

Sci Rep

journal_title

Scientific reports

authors

Trzaska WJ,Wrigley HE,Thwaite JE,May RC

doi

10.1038/s41598-017-05000-0

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-07-04 00:00:00

pages

4605

issue

1

issn

2045-2322

pii

10.1038/s41598-017-05000-0

journal_volume

7

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