Saratov Fall Meeting 2005

Dose analysis of photodynamic inactivation of E. coli using methylene blue

Yongji Fu1	Steven Jacques1,2

Biomedical Engineering ¹ and Dermatology ²
Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU)
Portland, OR, USA

"This paper discusses the required number of photons to be absorbed by methylene blue within E. coli bacteria to achieve cell death."

Table of Contents

• 1. Abstract
• 2. Introduction
• 3. Materials and Methods
• 4. Results: Survival curves
• 5. Results: PDT threshold dose
• 6. Conclusions

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