COVID-19: Beyond the virus. The use of photodynamic therapy for the treatment of infections in the respiratory tract

Lucas D Dias; Kate C Blanco; Vanderlei S Bagnato

doi:10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.101804

COVID-19: Beyond the virus. The use of photodynamic therapy for the treatment of infections in the respiratory tract

Photodiagnosis Photodyn Ther. 2020 Sep:31:101804. doi: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2020.101804. Epub 2020 May 8.

Authors

Lucas D Dias¹, Kate C Blanco², Vanderlei S Bagnato³

Affiliations

¹ São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil. Electronic address: lucasdanillodias@gmail.com.
² São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil.
³ São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, Brazil; Hagler Fellow, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA.

Abstract

•The World today is facing a great effort for the control of infections.•Nowadays COVID-19 is the large global outbreak and is the major public health issue.•This letter to Editor highlighted the well-established photodynamic therapy protocol as a tool to decrease the viral and bacterial load in the respiratory tract.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections / drug therapy*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Humans
Pandemics
Photochemotherapy / methods*
Photosensitizing Agents
Pneumonia, Viral / drug therapy*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Respiratory Tract Infections / drug therapy*
SARS-CoV-2

Substances

Photosensitizing Agents