| [experimental investigations and clinical use of photodynamic therapy (pdt) in the rudolf foundation hospital]. | this article addresses experimental investigations and the clinical use of pdt in the rudolfstiftung hospital, vienna. we investigated mesotetrahydroxyphenylchlorine (mthpc) and the photosensitizer hematoporphyrin derivative alone or in combination to prove photodynamic antibacterial effects on staphylococcus aureus (wild type). mthpc showed antibacterial toxicity in the dark; hematoporphyrin derivative showed suppressive growth effects only after white-light illumination. photodynamic activity ... | 1999 | 10629388 |