PBM Research24 studies

Photobiomodulation for Infections

24 peer-reviewed studies on light therapy for infections, spanning 2002 to 2020. Filtered from the full PBM database of 4,914 studies.

Total Studies

Human Studies

Positive Results

Wavelength Bands

Study Types

In vitro

7 (29%)

Review

5 (21%)

Rat

4 (17%)

Mouse

4 (17%)

Animal

2 (8%)

Human

1 (4%)

Outcomes

positive

17 (71%)

unclear

7 (29%)

Wavelength Distribution

Not specified

16 studies

Red (600-700nm)

5 studies

Near-IR (700-900nm)

3 studies

All Studies (24)

Combined therapy of photobiomodulation and adipose-derived stem cells synergistically improve healing in an ischemic, infected and delayed healing wound model in rats with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Ebrahimpour-MalekshahBMJ Open Diabetes Res Care2020890nm

positiveRat

Photobiomodulation plus Adipose-derived Stem Cells Improve Healing of Ischemic Infected Wounds in Type 2 Diabetic Rats.

MoradiSci Rep2020890nm

positiveRat

Light as a potential treatment for pandemic coronavirus infections: A perspective.

EnwemekaJ Photochem Photobiol B2020

unclearReview

Can Transdermal Photobiomodulation Help Us at the Time of COVID-19?

DomínguezPhotobiomodul Photomed Laser Surg2020

unclearAnimal

Photobiomodulation and Antiviral Photodynamic Therapy as a Possible Novel Approach in COVID-19 Management.

Fekrazad RPhotobiomodul Photomed Laser Surg2020

unclearAnimal

The effect of combined pulsed wave low-level laser therapy and mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium on the healing of an infected wound with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus in diabetic rats.

KouhkheilJ Cell Biochem2018890nm

positiveRat

Photobiomodulation therapy reduces viral load and cell death in ZIKV-infected glioblastoma cell line.

ZupinLasers Med Sci2018

positiveIn vitro

Aeromonas wound infection in a healthy boy, and wound healing with polarized light.

RuttemanJMM Case Rep2017

positiveHuman

The effects of low level laser therapy on both HIV-1 infected and uninfected TZM-bl cells.

LugongoloJ Biophotonics2017660nm

positiveIn vitro

Low-intensity red and infrared laser effects at high fluences on Escherichia coli cultures.

BarbozaBraz J Med Biol Res2015

positiveIn vitro

Low-level laser therapy as an antimicrobial and antibiofilm technology and its relevance to wound healing.

PercivalFuture Microbiol2015

unclearReview

Water-filtered infrared a irradiation in combination with visible light inhibits acute chlamydial infection.

MartiPLoS One2014

positiveIn vitro

Effects of low-level laser irradiation on the pathogenicity of Candida albicans: in vitro and in vivo study.

SeyedmousaviPhotomed Laser Surg2014

positiveMouse

Low level laser therapy (AlGaInP) applied at 5J/cm2 reduces the proliferation of Staphylococcus aureus MRSA in infected wounds and intact skin of rats.

SilvaAn Bras Dermatol2013658nm

positiveRat

Low-level infrared laser effect on plasmid DNA.

FonsecaLasers Med Sci2012

positiveIn vitro

Antiinflammatory effect of low-level laser therapy on Staphylococcus epidermidis endophthalmitis in rabbits.

MaLasers Med Sci2012632nm

positiveRabbit

A possible mechanism for the bactericidal effect of visible light.

LubartLaser Ther2011

unclearReview

Visible light-induced killing of bacteria as a function of wavelength: implication for wound healing.

LipovskyLasers Surg Med2010

positiveIn vitro

Effect of HeNe laser irradiation on extracellular matrix deposition and expression of cytokines and chemokines in paracoccidioidomycotic lesions.

NagibPhotochem Photobiol2010

positiveMouse

Effect of low intensity helium-neon (HeNe) laser irradiation on experimental paracoccidioidomycotic wound healing dynamics.

FerreiraPhotochem Photobiol2009633nm

positiveMouse

A possible mechanism for visible light-induced wound healing.

LipovskyLasers Surg Med2008

positiveIn vitro

Effects of HeNe laser irradiation on experimental paracoccidioidomycotic lesions.

FerreiraJ Photochem Photobiol B2006633nm

positiveMouse

Low level laser therapy for treating tuberculosis.

Vlassov & MacLehoseCochrane Database Syst Rev2006

unclearReview

Low level laser therapy for treating tuberculosis.

Vlassov & MacLehoseCochrane Database Syst Rev2002

unclearReview

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