Journal of Infectious Diseases & Preventive Medicine
Open Access
ISSN: 2329-8731
+44 1300 500008
ISSN: 2329-8731
+44 1300 500008
Dr, São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Kate Blanco is a postdoctoral researcher at the São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, and has been working at the Optics and Photonics Research Center of the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp). She has a degree in Biomedicine and a doctorate in Microbiology from Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Brazil. She specializes in industrial fermentation and the production of health products and processes, infections, and microbial control of food using optical techniques.
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Antimicrobial Photodynamic Action in Medical Materials: A Novel Thriving
Area for Hospital Pneumonia Prevention
Author(s): Kate C. Blanco*, Lucas D. Dias, Amanda C. Zangirolami and Vanderlei S. Bagnato
Background: Endotracheal tubes, used for mechanical ventilation assistance for bedridden patients, are conducive to
developing microbial biofilms due to the accumulation of body fluids. These systems are closely linked to hospital
pneumonia by dispersing these cells from microbial biofilm from endotracheal tube to the lung.
Objective: Describe endotracheal tubes' functionalization with photosensitizers such as curcumin, the progress, and
perspectives of this research.
Methods: An antimicrobial endotracheal tube was developed through the functionalization of its surface with a
photosensitizer activated by light for the generation of reactive oxygen species, which inactivate microorganisms.
Therefore, the prevention of pneumonia associated with mechanical ventilation was the object of a study to reach a
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DOI:
10.35248/2329-8731.21.9.211