Microbiological and molecular assessment of bacteriophage ISP for the control of Staphylococcus aureus.

The increasing antibiotic resistance in bacterial populations requires alternatives for classical treatment of infectious diseases and therefore drives the renewed interest in phage therapy. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major problem in health care settings and live-stock...

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Main Authors: Katrien Vandersteegen, Wesley Mattheus, Pieter-Jan Ceyssens, Florence Bilocq, Daniel De Vos, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Jean-Paul Noben, Maia Merabishvili, Urszula Lipinska, Katleen Hermans, Rob Lavigne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3170307?pdf=render