Bacteriophage Treatment Rescues Mice Infected with Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258
2021; American Society for Microbiology; Volume: 12; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1128/mbio.00034-21
ISSN2161-2129
AutoresShayla Hesse, Natalia Małachowa, Adeline R. Porter, Brett A. Freedman, Scott D. Kobayashi, Donald J. Gardner, Dana Scott, Sankar Adhya, Frank R. DeLeo,
Tópico(s)Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
ResumoInfections caused by multidrug-resistant K. pneumoniae pose a serious threat to at-risk patients and present a therapeutic challenge for clinicians. Bacteriophage (phage) therapy is an alternative treatment approach that has been associated with positive clinical outcomes when administered experimentally to patients with refractory bacterial infections.
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