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Wen-Shuo Kuo1, Chich-Neng Chang, Yi-Ting Chang
1Department of Chemistry, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, 701 Taiwan.
Abstract:
Gold nanorods conjugated with a hydrophilic photosensitizer, toluidine blue O, acted as dual-function agents in photodynamic inactivation and hyperthermia against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

