Dynamics of success and failure in phage and antibiotic therapy in experimental infections
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In 1982 Smith and Huggins showed that bacteriophages could be at least as effective as antibiotics in preventing mortality from experimental infections with a capsulated E. coli (K1) in mice. Phages that required the K1 capsule for i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2002-11-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/2/35 |