1. Bacteriofagii, trecut și prezent, o alternativă viabilă în terapia antimicrobiană?
- Author
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Neguț, Alina Cristina, Streinu-Cercel, Adrian, and Popa, Mircea Ioan
- Abstract
Uncontrolled growth of multidrug-resistant pathogens becomes an important public health problem, due to their ability to develop life-threatening disease. The decrease in the number of newly discovered antibiotics is an incentive for prioritizing the introduction of new agents into modern medical practice. The history of bacteriophages dates back 100 years, when they were discovered by Frederick Twort; subsequently they were used worldwide until the introduction of antibiotics. Later, they continued to be used by the former Soviet Union countries. The chapter on bacteriophages reopens nowadays because of their long term applicability in some countries and the new interest manifested by the USA and Western Europe, having the potential to become a rescue therapy for patients with limited therapeutic options. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Published
- 2015