Applications for Bacteriophage Therapy during Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period

Pregnant women and their unborn children are a population that is particularly vulnerable to bacterial infection. Physiological changes that occur during pregnancy affect the way women respond to such infections and the options that clinicians have for treatment. Antibiotics are still considered the...

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Main Authors: Lucy L. Furfaro, Barbara J. Chang, Matthew S. Payne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02660/full