Borges Pereira Costa, Anna Carolina [UNESP]de Campos Rasteiro, Vanessa Maria [UNESP]Pereira, Cristiane Aparecida [UNESP]Hashimoto, Emily Setsuko Halter da Silva [UNESP]Beltrame Junior, MiltonJunqueira, Juliana Campos [UNESP]Cardoso Jorge, Antonio Olauo [UNESP]2014-05-202014-05-202011-11-01Archives of Oral Biology. Oxford: Pergamon-Elsevier B.V. Ltd, v. 56, n. 11, p. 1299-1305, 2011.0003-9969http://hdl.handle.net/11449/22717The effect of erythrosine- and LED-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) on planktonic cultures and biofilms of Candida albicans and Candida dubliniensis was evaluated. Planktonic cultures of standardized suspensions (10(6) cells/mL) of C. albicans and C. dubliniensis were treated with erythrosine concentrations of 0.39-200 mu M and LEDs in a 96-well microtiter plate. Biofilms formed by C. albicans and C. dubliniensis in the bottom of a 96-well microtiter plate were treated with 400 mu M erythrosine and LEDs. After PDT, the biofilms were analysed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The antimicrobial effect of PDT against planktonic cultures and biofilms was verified by counting colony-forming units (CFU/mL), and the data were submitted to analysis of variance and the Tukey test (P < 0.05). C. albicans and C. dubliniensis were not detectable after PDT of planktonic cultures with erythrosine concentrations of 3.12 mu M or higher. The CFU/mL values obtained from biofilms were reduced 0.74 log(10) for C. albicans and 0.21 log(10) for C. dubliniensis. SEM revealed a decrease in the quantity of yeasts and hyphae in the biofilm after PDT. In conclusion, C. albicans and C. dubliniensis were susceptible to erythrosine- and LED-mediated PDT, but the biofilms of both Candida species were more resistant than their planktonic counterparts. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.1299-1305engCandida albicansCandida dubliniensisPhotodynamic therapyErythrosineLight-emitting diodeArtigo10.1016/j.archoralbio.2011.05.013WOS:000297033700014Acesso abertoWOS000297033700014.pdf0322020541055900