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Overuse of Antibiotics during the Coronavirus Pandemic

Will the Overuse of Antibiotics during the Coronavirus Pandemic AccelerateAntimicrobial Resistance of Bacteria? Infectious Microbes and Diseases,DOI: 10.1097/IM9.0000000000000034 The coronavirus pandemic is one of mankind’s biggest challenges of modern day.…

Phage Therapy for Limb-threatening Prosthetic Knee Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection

Case Report and In Vitro Characterization of Anti-biofilm Activity Background: Prosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a potentially limb-threatening complication of total knee arthroplasty. Phage therapy is a promising strategy to manage…

Impact of COVID-19 on Global Phage Therapy Market

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According to the latest research by InsightAce Analytic, the global market for phage therapy was valued at US$ 28.8 Mn and it is expected to reach US$ 166.6 million in…

Dental applications of phage therapy

If you have never heard of phage therapy, you’re not alone. The name is a bit intimidating, but the concept is fairly simple. Phages, which are also known as bacteriophages,…

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Turning the phage on antibiotic therapy

As antibiotics face stricter regulations and antimicrobial resistance becomes more widespread, the aquaculture sector is seeking new ways to treat bacterial infections – bringing a renewed focus on bacteriophages. A…

Evaluation of various phenotypic methods with genotypic screening for detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

New publication in Asian Biomedicine, 13(6), 2020. https://doi.org/10.1515/abm-2019-0065 Abstract Background Staphylococcus aureus is one of the common opportunistic gram-positive pathogens which are often associated with nosocomial infections. Detection of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA)…

Secondary Bacterial Infections During Pulmonary Viral Disease: Phage Therapeutics as Alternatives to Antibiotics?

Secondary bacterial infections manifest during or after a viral infection(s) and can lead to negative outcomes and sometimes fatal clinical complications. Research and development of clinical interventions is largely focused…

What if all viruses disappeared?

If all viruses disappeared, the world would be very different — and not necessarily for the better. But what exactly would happen? Viruses seem to exist solely to wreak havoc…

More about phage therapy-future

Recent Progress by Phage Companies To complement the optimism of the academic research community, a handful of American and European companies are now testing phage-based products in human trials. Different companies are using…