Table 7.
Combination of antibacterial photodynamic therapy with sonodynamic therapy.
| Photosensitizer and Nanoconjugate System Used | Sonodynamic Therapy | Gram Positive |
Study Phase | Impact/Target | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| uroporphyrin and coproporphyrin III | home-made light source/ultrasound generator | S. aureus | in vitro | planktonic, biofilm, no difference between aPDT and SDT | [150] |
| Fe2+ and protoporphyrin IX conjugated mesoporous silica nanoparticles |
home-made light source/ultrasound generator | E. faecalis | in vitro | planktonic, biofilm, no difference between aPDT and SDT | [152] |
| chlorin e6 derivative Photodithazine® rose bengal | Sonidel SP100 sonoporator (sonar 1 MHz and pulse repetition frequency of 100 Hz |
C. albicans | in vitro | planktonic, biofilm, logCFU/mL reduction: aPDT/SDT: 2.08/3.39, PDT/SDT: eradication | [153] |