The combination of photodynamic therapy and fractional CO2 laser for mycobacterium marinum infection.
Mycobacterium marinum (M. marinum) can cause cutaneous infection. Therapy with active antibiotics for 3 to 6 months is one reasonable treatment. However, it is hard to provide an optimal balance with regard to efficacy and tolerability when the patient is complicated with other diseases. We reported two patients with cutaneous M. marinum infections who were successfully treated with 5-aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy (5-ALA-PDT) combined with fractional CO2 laser ablation. The results of these two cases indicated that PDT in combination with fractional CO2 laser ablation of epidermis could be a therapeutic option for the treatment of skin infections caused by M. marinum.
['Wenlong|Hu|H|', 'Qiunan|Yao|Y|', 'Wenhao|Cheng|C|', 'Yumo|Lu|L|', 'Tingting|Zhang|Z|', 'Hong|Ren|R|']
D002245:Carbon Dioxide D006801:Humans D054020:Lasers, Gas D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous D010778:Photochemotherapy D017319:Photosensitizing Agents
Photodynamic therapy Mycobacterium marinum Skin infection