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Antimicrobial blue light inactivation of Candida albicans: In vitro and in vivo studies

Yunsong ZhangDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Cosmetic, The Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou, China;Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Yingbo ZhuWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Jia ChenWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;Shanghai Dermatology Hospital, Shanghai, China
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Yucheng WangWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Laser Medicine, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China
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Margaret E. SherwoodWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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Clinton K. MurrayInfectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA
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Mark S. VrahasDepartment of orthopedic Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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David C. HooperDivision of Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Michael R. HamblinWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA;Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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Tianhong DaiWellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 536-545 | Received 12 Oct 2015, Accepted 12 Feb 2016, Published online: 21 Apr 2016

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