eISSN: 1897-4252
ISSN: 1731-5530
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Current issue Archive Manuscripts accepted About the journal Supplements Editorial board Reviewers Abstracting and indexing Contact Instructions for authors Publication charge Ethical standards and procedures
Editorial System
Submit your Manuscript
SCImago Journal & Country Rank
Search
2/2006
vol. 3
 
Share:
Send email
Share:
abstract:

Nowości
Phage therapy as an alternative to infections with antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Ryszard Międzybrodzki
,
Jan Borysowski
,
Wojciech Fortuna
,
Beata Weber-Dąbrowska
,
Andrzej Górski

Kardiochir Torakochir Pol 2006; 3, 2: 201-205
Online publish date: 2006/08/31
View full text Get citation
 
The increasing resistance of bacteria to all available antibiotics constitutes one of the greatest challenges to medicine today. In fact, some experts believe that we are entering a pre-antibiotic era. The growing problem of antibiotic resistance has revived interest in the potential use of bacteriophages (bacterial viruses) for treating drug-resistant infections. In recent years, most leading biomedical journals have published reviews addressing this issue. This article presents in some detail an outline of the developments as well as the current status of phage therapy. As recently pointed out by Nature Medicine, our phage clinic is the only phage therapy centre offering official treatment in the European Union (with all the necessary conditions, including institutional review board approvals, informed consent, and insurance). Our activities and most recent publications are presented on our phage website: http://www.iitd.pan.wroc.pl/phages/phages.html.
keywords:

bacteriophage, antibiotic-resistance, phage therapy
Termedia
About us Contact
Copyright notice Privacy policy Advertising policy Contact us
Quick links
Journals Books eBooks Events
© 2024 Termedia Sp. z o.o.
Developed by Bentus.