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26 April 2016 Photodynamic antimicrobial therapy to inhibit pseudomonas aeruginosa of corneal isolates (Conference Presentation)
Heather A. Durkee, Nidhi Relhan, Alejandro Arboleda, Francisco Halili Jr., Carolina De Freitas, Karam Alawa, Mariela C. Aguilar, Guillermo Amescua, Darlene Miller, Jean-Marie Parel
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Proceedings Volume 9693, Ophthalmic Technologies XXVI; 96931C (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218183
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States
Abstract
Keratitis associated with Pseudomonas aeruginosa is difficult to manage. Treatment includes antibiotic eye drops, however, some strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are resistant. Current research efforts are focused on finding alternative and adjunct therapies to treat multi-drug resistant bacteria. One promising alternate technique is photodynamic therapy (PDT). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of riboflavin- and rose bengal-mediated PDT on Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis isolates in vitro. Two isolates (S+U- and S-U+) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa were derived from keratitis patients and exposed to five experimental groups: (1) Control (dark, UV-A irradiation, 525nm irradiation); (2) 0.1% riboflavin (dark, UV-A irradiation); and (3) 0.1% rose bengal, (4) 0.05% rose bengal and (5) 0.01% rose bengal (dark, 525nm irradiation). Three days after treatment, in dark conditions of all concentration of riboflavin and rose bengal showed no inhibition in both S+U- and S-U+ strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. In 0.1% and 0.05% rose bengal irradiated groups, for both S+U- and S-U+ strains, there was complete inhibition of bacterial growth in the central 50mm zone corresponding to the diameter of the green light source. These in vitro results suggest that rose bengal photodynamic therapy may be an effective adjunct treatment for Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis.
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Heather A. Durkee, Nidhi Relhan, Alejandro Arboleda, Francisco Halili Jr., Carolina De Freitas, Karam Alawa, Mariela C. Aguilar, Guillermo Amescua, Darlene Miller, and Jean-Marie Parel "Photodynamic antimicrobial therapy to inhibit pseudomonas aeruginosa of corneal isolates (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 9693, Ophthalmic Technologies XXVI, 96931C (26 April 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2218183
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KEYWORDS
Photodynamic therapy
In vitro testing
Eye
Bacteria
Light sources
Current controlled current source
Holmium
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