Current status and perspectives of phage therapy

Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 575-580

  Borysowski, Jan ^a   Weber Dabrowska, Beata ^b   Górski, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; DNA VACCINE; ENDOTOXIN; HYDROLASE; IMIPENEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; METICILLIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; RECOMBINANT ENDOLYSIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLIPHAGE; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDITORIAL; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; VIRION; VIRUS GENOME;

EID: 33748632100     PISSN: 1230025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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