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. 2019 Dec 5;7(1):1901872. doi: 10.1002/advs.201901872

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Modes of action: antibiotic versus photodynamic therapy (PDT). A) Different antibiotics (AB) react selectively with different molecules on specific organelles/structures. B) Nonspecific localization of a photosensitizer prior to illumination of the bacteria. Generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) after light activation of the photosensitizer. Reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence.389 Copyright 2015, Published by The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) on behalf of the European Society for Photobiology, the European Photochemistry Association, and RSC. C) Schematic representation of antimicrobial PDT. Reproduced with permission.393 Copyright 2015, Elsevier.