Elma D. Baron,Kevin D. Cooper,Minh Lam,Pranab Mukherjee,Mahmoud A. Ghannoum,Nancy L. Oleinick
申请号:
US13423563
公开号:
US20120265121A1
申请日:
2012.03.19
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
A method is described for the photodynamic treatment of a fungal infection in a subject by administering a therapeutically effective amount of a phthalocyanine compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the subject and activating the phthalocyanine compound with light. The method is useful for treating various dermatophyte infections such as onychomycosis, and in particular fungal infection by Candida and Trichophyton.