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Bacteriophage Therapy in Human Bacterial Infections

Durgadas Govind Naik

Abstract


The difficulty faced in the treatment of infections caused by drug resistant organisms has led to look for alternatives. Phage therapy has been in use for many decades. Their potential as a therapeutic agent is realized in recent years, especially after the emergence of multiple drug resistant organisms. Results of many studies conducted in last few years suggest that bacteriophages can be used to treat human infections. Phage therapy is considered as one of the promising approaches to treat bacterial infections especially caused by multiple drug resistant strains. In phage therapy or in animal models, a number of bacteria including Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Vibrio cholerae, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Acinetobacter baumannii, Salmonella species, have been studied with positive outcome. Abundant bacteriophages that are present in gastrointestinal system play a role not only as regulators of the bacterial population but may also have an immunomodulatory role. Bacteriophages can be used in the biocontrol of pathogens in food animals and biofilms. Further clinical, immunomodulation studies are required. There is a need for continuous monitoring of the development of phage resistance.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijger.v3i2.224

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