Application of Bacteriophages for Human Health: An Old Approach Against Contemporary "Bad Bugs"

Overview

Journal Microorganisms

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2022 Mar 26

PMID 35336061

Authors

Lucia Henrici De Angelis

Greta Ponsecchi

Maurizio Fraziano

Marco Maria DAndrea

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Abstract

The breadth of the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) problem exposes humankind to serious threats, which could lead, in the near future, to a worrisome raising of mortality and morbidity rates due to infections by "bad bugs" [...].

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