THE STUDY OF A WATER-SOLUBLE PORPHYRIN PHOTOSENSITIZATION TO THE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS AND CANDIDA ALBICANS / 微生物学通报

ABSTRACT

We first study the photosensitization to bacteria and fungi with a definite structure, watersoluble porphyrin. We found that the porphyrin had strong sterilization on the Staphylococcus au- reus and Candida albicans. When the porphyrin concentrations increased, its sterilization strengthened. The sterilization was related to the photoradiating time. When photoradiating time was one hour, its sterilizing ability was the greatest. Its sterilizing ability was similar to the penicillin's.