Oral Phage Therapy of Acute Bacterial Diarrhea With Two Coliphage Preparations: A Randomized Trial in Children From Bangladesh

Oral Phage Therapy of Acute Bacterial Diarrhea With Two Coliphage Preparations: A Randomized Trial in Children From Bangladesh

Background: Antibiotic resistance is rising in important bacterial pathogens. Phage therapy (PT), the use of bacterial viruses infecting the pathogen in a species-specific way, is a potential alternative. Method: T4-like coliphages or a commercial Russian coliphage product or placebo was orally give...

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Main Authors: Shafiqul Alam Sarker, Shamima Sultana, Gloria Reuteler, Deborah Moine, Patrick Descombes, Florence Charton, Gilles Bourdin, Shawna McCallin, Catherine Ngom-Bru, Tara Neville, Mahmuda Akter, Sayeeda Huq, Firdausi Qadri, Kaisar Talukdar, Mohamed Kassam, Michèle Delley, Chloe Loiseau, Ying Deng, Sahar El Aidy, Bernard Berger, Harald Brüssow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-02-01
Series:EBioMedicine
Subjects:
Bacteriophages
Diarrhea
Escherichia coli
Streptococcus
Bifidobacterium
Children
Bangladesh
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396415302516

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