Photobiology Unit
Phototoxicity Publications

Kerr A, Woods J, Ferguson J. Photocontact allergic and phototoxic studies of chlorproethazine. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, Photomedicine 2008; 24: 11-15.

Ferguson J, DeLeo VA. Drug and chemical photosensitivity: exogenous. In: Photodermatology. Lim HW, Honigsmann H, Hawk JLM (eds). Informa Healthcare, New York, 2007.

Ferguson J. Drug-induced photosensitivity. In: Photodermatology. Ferguson J, Dover J, eds. 2006, Chapter 12, pp66-71.

Dawe RS, Ibbotson SH, Sanderson JB, Thomson EM, Ferguson J. A randomised controlled trial (volunteer study) of sitafloxacin, enoxacin, levofloxacin and sparfloxacin phototoxicity. British Journal of Dermatology 2003; 149: 1232-1241.

Ferguson J. Phototoxicity due to fluoroquinolones. Chapter 28 in Hooper DC, Rubinstein E, Quinolone Antimicrobial Agents, 3rd edition. ASM Press, Washington, D.C., 2003, pp449-458.

Ferguson J, McEwen J, Al-Ajmi H, Purkins L, Colman PJ, Willavize SA. A comparison of the photosensitizing potential of trovafloxacin with that of other quinolones in healthy subjects. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 2000; 45: 503-509.

Traynor NJ, Barrat MD, Lovell WW, Ferguson J, Gibbs NK. Comparison of an in vitro cellular phototoxicity model against controlled clinical trials of fluoroquinolone skin phototoxicity. Toxicology in vitro 2000; 14: 275-283.

Man I, Murphy J, Ferguson J. Fluoroquinolone phototoxicity: a comparison of moxifloxacin and lomefloxacin in normal volunteers. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1999; 43, Suppl. B: 77-82.

Man I, Traynor NJ, Ferguson J. Recent developments in fluoroquinolone photoxicity. Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, Photomedicine 1999; 15: 32-33.

Ferguson J. Fluoroquinolones phototoxicity - Moxifloxacin in context. In: Proceedings of the First International Moxifloxacin Symposium. Mandell L. (ed). Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1999, pp

Ferguson J. Drug and chemical photosensitivity. Chapter in: Photodermatology. Hawk JLM (ed). London, Arnold Publishers 1999, pp155-169.

Vousden M, Ferguson J, Richards J, Bird N, Allen A. Evaluation of phototoxic potential of gemifloxacin in healthy volunteers compared with ciprofloxacin. Chemotherapy 1999; 45: 512-520.

Ferguson J, McEwen J, Gohler K, Mignot A, Watson D. Phototoxic potential of gatifloxacin, a new fluoroquinolone antimicrobial. Drugs 1999; 58, Suppl: 397-399.

Ferguson J, Dawe R. Phototoxicity in quinolones: comparison of ciprofloxacin and grepafloxacin. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 1997; 40, Suppl. A, 93-98.

Ferguson J. Fluoroquinolone photosensitization: A review of clinical and laboratory studies. Photochemistry and Photobiology 1995; 62: 954-958.

Ferguson J, Johnson BE. Clinical and laboratory studies of the photosensitizing potential of norfloxacin, a 4-quinolone broad spectrum antibiotic. British Journal of Dermatology 1993, 128, 285-295.

Ferguson J, Johnson BE. Ciprofloxacin-induced photosensitivity: in vitro and in vivo studies. British Journal of Dermatology 1990 123, 9-20.

Johnson BE, Ferguson J. Drug and chemical photosensitivity. Seminars in Dermatology 1990, 9, 39-46.