Hurdles for Phage Therapy (PT) to Become a Reality

Alternative treatment modes for antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens have become a public health priority. Bacteriophages are bacterial viruses that infect and lyse bacterial cells. Since bacteriophages are frequently bacterial host species-specific and can often also infect antibiotic-resistant...

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Main Author: Brüssow, Harald (auth)
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Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
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