Author : Dr. Hakim Saboowala
Publisher : Dr.Hakim Saboowala
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Understanding the Current Therapeutic Rationale & Clinical Implications of Phage Therapy in Invasive Bacterial Infections. by : Dr. Hakim Saboowala
Download or read book Understanding the Current Therapeutic Rationale & Clinical Implications of Phage Therapy in Invasive Bacterial Infections. written by Dr. Hakim Saboowala and published by Dr.Hakim Saboowala. This book was released on 2020-09-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding the Current Therapeutic Rationale & Clinical Implications of Phage Therapy in Invasive Bacterial Infections. The seemingly inexorable spread of antibiotic resistance genes among microbial pathogens now threatens the long-term viability of our current antimicrobial therapy to treat severe bacterial infections such as sepsis. Antibiotic resistance is reaching a crisis situation in some bacterial pathogens where few therapeutic alternatives remain and pan-resistant strains are becoming more prevalent. Non-antibiotic therapies to treat bacterial infections are now under serious consideration and one possible option is the therapeutic use of specific phage particles (Phage particles are small viruses displaying the ability to kill bacteria while they do not affect cell lines from other organisms.) that target bacterial pathogens. Bacteriophage therapy has essentially been re-discovered by modern medicine after widespread use of phage therapy in the pre-antibiotic era lost favor, at least in Western countries, after the introduction of antibiotics. An effort has been made in this E-Booklet to understand the current therapeutic rationale and clinical experience with phage therapy as a treatment for invasive bacterial infection as novel alternative to antimicrobial chemotherapy. …Dr. H. K. Saboowala. M.B.(Bom) .M.R.S.H.(London)