Bacteriophage Procurement for Therapeutic Purposes

Bacteriophage Procurement for Therapeutic Purposes

Bacteriophages (phages), discovered 100 years ago, are able to infect and destroy only bacterial cells. In the current crisis of antibiotic efficacy, phage therapy is considered as a supplementary or even alternative therapeutic approach. Evolution of multidrug-resistant and pandrug-resistant bacter...

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Main Authors: Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak, Maciej Żaczek, Małgorzata Łobocka, Marzanna Łusiak-Szelachowska, Andrzej Górski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
antibiotic resistance
bacteriophage isolation
therapeutic phages
experimental phage therapy
treatment of bacterial infections
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01177/full

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