Phage Therapy of Pneumonia Is Not Associated with an Overstimulation of the Inflammatory Response Compared to Antibiotic Treatment in Mice
Author(s) -
Nicolas Dufour,
Raphaëlle Delattre,
Anne Chevallereau,
Jean-Damien Ricard,
Laurent Debarbieux
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.00379-19
Subject(s) - phage therapy , bacteriophage , pneumonia , antibiotics , medicine , immunology , intensive care medicine , host response , antibiotic therapy , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , immune system , escherichia coli , biochemistry , gene
Supported by years of clinical use in some countries and more recently by literature on experimental models, as well as its compassionate use in Europe and in the United States, bacteriophage (phage) therapy is providing a solution for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. However, studies of the impact of such treatments on the host remain scarce.
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