Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy: An Effective Alternative Approach to Control Bacterial Infections

Introduction: the purpose of this review was to evaluate the available literature for in vitro and in vivo effectiveness of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (apdt) in the field of bacteriology. methods: a review of the relevant articles carried out in pubmed and scopus to determine the efficiency of apdt used in the reduction of microbial infection. thirty-one relevant documents retrieved from pubmed, scopus by inserting “antimicrobial photodynamic therapy” and “bacterial infection” and “photodynamic therapy” keywords. results: according to different results, apdt can be used as an adjuvant for the treatment of infectious diseases. the use of photosensitizer methylene blue, toluidine blue o (tbo), indocyanine green with light diode laser centered at (630±10 nm) and (650±10 nm) wavelengths have been shown to have significant results for the treatment of infectious diseases and bactericidal properties conclusion: these findings suggest that, apdt can be an efficient method in the treatment of localized and superficial infections.