Challenges and Future Prospects of Antibiotic Therapy: From Peptides to Phages Utilization

Challenges and Future Prospects of Antibiotic Therapy: From Peptides to Phages Utilization

Bacterial infections are raising serious concern across the globe. The effectiveness of conventional antibiotics is decreasing due to global emergence of multi-drug-resistant (MDR) bacterial pathogens. This process seems to be primarily caused by an indiscriminate and inappropriate use of antibiotic...

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Main Authors: Santi M. Mandal, Ananta K Ghosh, Anupam eRoy, Tapas eHazra, Amit eBasak, Octavio Luiz Franco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Pharmacology
Subjects:
Bacterial Infections
Infection Control
antibiotics
antimicrobial peptides
multi-drug-resistant pathogens
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fphar.2014.00105/full

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