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Yang Tan1, Qionghui Cheng1, Hang Yang1

  • 1Department of Dermatology, Daping Hospital, The Army Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
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Antimicrobial- Photodynamic therapyBiofilmPDTPseudomonas aeruginosaQS systemVirulence factor

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