Treating bacterial infections with bacteriophage-based enzybiotics: in vitro, in vivo and clinical application

KM Danis-Wlodarczyk, DJ Wozniak, ST Abedon - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the past few decades, we have witnessed a surge around the world in the emergence
of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This global health threat arose mainly due to the overuse and …

Genetically engineered phages: a review of advances over the last decade

DP Pires, S Cleto, S Sillankorva… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2016 - Am Soc Microbiol
Soon after their discovery in the early 20th century, bacteriophages were recognized to have
great potential as antimicrobial agents, a potential that has yet to be fully realized. The …

Engineered endolysin-based “Artilysins” to combat multidrug-resistant gram-negative pathogens

Y Briers, M Walmagh, V Van Puyenbroeck… - MBio, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
The global threat to public health posed by emerging multidrug-resistant bacteria in the past
few years necessitates the development of novel approaches to combat bacterial infections …

Drivers and consequences of bacteriophage host range

D Holtappels, P Alfenas-Zerbini… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Bacteriophages are obligate parasites of bacteria characterized by the breadth of hosts that
they can infect. This “host range” depends on the genotypes and morphologies of the phage …

Bacteriophage-mediated control of biofilm: a promising new dawn for the future

C Chang, X Yu, W Guo, C Guo, X Guo, Q Li… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biofilms are complex microbial microcolonies consisting of planktonic and dormant bacteria
bound to a surface. The bacterial cells within the biofilm are embedded within the …

Learning from bacteriophages-advantages and limitations of phage and phage-encoded protein applications

Z Drulis-Kawa, G Majkowska-Skrobek… - Current Protein and …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
The emergence of bacteria resistance to most of the currently available antibiotics has
become a critical therapeutic problem. The bacteria causing both hospital and community …

Finding alternatives to antibiotics

HK Allen, J Trachsel, T Looft… - Annals of the New York …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The spread of antibiotic‐resistant pathogens requires new treatments. As the rate of
development of new antibiotics has severely declined, alternatives to antibiotics must be …

Viruses versus bacteria—novel approaches to phage therapy as a tool against multidrug-resistant pathogens

TM Viertel, K Ritter, HP Horz - Journal of Antimicrobial …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Bacteriophage therapy (the application of phages to treat bacterial infections) has a tradition
dating back almost a century, but interest in phage therapy slowed down in the West when …

Antimicrobial bacteriophage-derived proteins and therapeutic applications

DR Roach, DM Donovan - Bacteriophage, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Antibiotics have the remarkable power to control bacterial infections. Unfortunately,
widespread use, whether regarded as prudent or not, has favored the emergence and …

Endolysins as emerging alternative therapeutic agents to counter drug-resistant infections

VS Gondil, K Harjai, S Chhibber - International journal of antimicrobial …, 2020 - Elsevier
Endolysins are the lytic products of bacteriophages which play a specific role in the release
of phage progeny by degrading the peptidoglycan of the host bacterium. In the light of …