Lysis-deficient phages as novel therapeutic agents for controlling bacterial infection

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Interest in phage therapy has grown over the past decade due to the rapid emergence of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens. However, the use of bacteriophages for therapeutic purposes has raised concerns over the potential f...

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Main Authors: Kempashanaiah Nanjundappa, Hariharan Sukumar, Rajagopalan Sanjeev, Sundarrajan Sudarson, Paul Vivek, Padmanabhan Sriram, Sriram Bharathi, Ramachandran Janakiraman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/11/195