Phage–Antibiotic Therapy as a Promising Strategy to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Infections and to Enhance Antimicrobial Efficiency

Infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have highlighted the importance of the development of new antimicrobial agents. While bacteriophages (phages) are widely studied as alternative agents to antibiotics, combined treatments using phages and antibiotics have exhibited Phage–Antibio...

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Vydané v:Antibiotics (Basel) Ročník 11; číslo 5; s. 570
Hlavní autori: Liu, Chengxi, Hong, Qixuan, Chang, Rachel Yoon Kyung, Kwok, Philip Chi Lip, Chan, Hak-Kim
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: Switzerland MDPI AG 25.04.2022
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Shrnutí:Infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria have highlighted the importance of the development of new antimicrobial agents. While bacteriophages (phages) are widely studied as alternative agents to antibiotics, combined treatments using phages and antibiotics have exhibited Phage–Antibiotic Synergy (PAS), in which antibiotics promote phage replication and extraordinary antimicrobial efficacy with reduced development of bacterial resistance. This review paper on the current progress of phage–antibiotic therapy includes aspects of the mechanisms of PAS and the therapeutic performance of PAS in combating multidrug-resistant bacterial infections. The choice of phages and antibiotics, the administration time and sequence, and the concentrations of the two agents impact the bacterial inhibitory effects to different extents.
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These authors contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2079-6382
2079-6382
DOI:10.3390/antibiotics11050570