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. 2012 Apr 10;3:120. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2012.00120

Table 1.

Photodynamic therapy-based combinations: potential antifungal countermeasures.

PDT-combinations Synergist Fungal species Target(s) Reference
Polycationic conjugates of chlorin Visible light C. albicans non-specific reactive oxygen species (ROS) Tegos et al. (2006)
Methylene blue (MB), tolouidine blue (TBO) Visible light, EPIs C. albicans ROS Prates et al. (2011)
MB Visible light, azoles C. albicans ROS Snell et al. (2011)
Functionalized C60-fullerene Visible light C. albicans ROS Lu et al. (2010)
PEI-ce6 Saponins visible light C. albicans ROS Coleman et al. (2010)
PEI-ce6 Caspofungin-visible light C. neoformans Membrane Fuchs et al. (2007b)