BACTERIOLOGY

摘要

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a rare cause of community acquired soft tissue infection in Europe. We report a case of severe soft tissue infection caused by a MRSA strain originating from a pig bite.rn1186. Light sources for photodynamic inactivation of bacteriarn- Calin M.A. and Parasca S.V. [M. A. Calin, National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, 1 Atomistilor Street, Magurele, Ilfov 077125, Romania] - LASERS MED. SCI. 2009 24/3 (453-460) - summ in ENGLBacteria have an important role in human and animal morbidity, and a great number of them have developed antibiotic resistance. In the past recent years a new way of dealing with this problem has been studied: photodynamic inactivation. This method is based on administration of a photosensitizing substance that fixes itself in the bacterial cell followed by exposure to a light source. In the experiments done by many researchers on photodynamic inactivation of bacteria, both coherent and non-coherent light sources were used. This article is a review of these light sources and of some experimental results obtained by different authors.