Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Domingo-Calap, Pilar
• Delgado-Martínez, Jennifer

Titel

Bacteriophages: Protagonists of a Post-Antibiotic Era

Ist Teil von

• Antibiotics (Basel), 2018-07, Vol.7 (3), p.66

Ort / Verlag

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Despite their long success for more than half a century, antibiotics are currently under the spotlight due to the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The development of new alternative treatments is of particular interest in the fight against bacterial resistance. Bacteriophages (phages) are natural killers of bacteria and are an excellent tool due to their specificity and ecological safety. Here, we highlight some of their advantages and drawbacks as potential therapeutic agents. Interestingly, phages are not only attractive from a clinical point of view, but other areas, such as agriculture, food control, or industry, are also areas for their potential application. Therefore, we propose phages as a real alternative to current antibiotics.