[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Phage therapy: a revolutionary shift in the management of bacterial infections, pioneering new horizons in clinical practice, and reimagining the arsenal against …

SL Karn, M Gangwar, R Kumar, SK Bhartiya… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
The recent approval of experimental phage therapies by the FDA and other regulatory
bodies with expanded access in cases in the United States and other nations caught the …

Phage therapy: past, present and future

ST Abedon, P García, P Mullany, R Aminov - Frontiers in microbiology, 2017‏ - frontiersin.org
As an ancient proverb states,“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” The so-called strictly
lytic or virulent bacteriophages (phages)—especially the viruses of pathogenic bacteria …

In vitro and in vivo efficacy of combinations of colistin and different endolysins against clinical strains of multi-drug resistant pathogens

L Blasco, A Ambroa, R Trastoy, I Bleriot, M Moscoso… - Scientific reports, 2020‏ - nature.com
The emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) pathogenic bacteria is jeopardizing the value
of antimicrobials, which had previously changed the course of medical science. In this study …

[HTML][HTML] Choline Binding Proteins from Streptococcus pneumoniae: A Dual Role as Enzybiotics and Targets for the Design of New Antimicrobials

B Maestro, JM Sanz - Antibiotics, 2016‏ - mdpi.com
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is an important pathogen responsible for acute
invasive and non-invasive infections such as meningitis, sepsis and otitis media, being the …

Improving the lethal effect of Cpl-7, a pneumococcal phage lysozyme with broad bactericidal activity, by inverting the net charge of its cell wall-binding module

R Díez-Martínez, H de Paz, N Bustamante… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2013‏ - journals.asm.org
Phage endolysins are murein hydrolases that break the bacterial cell wall to provoke lysis
and release of phage progeny. Recently, these enzymes have also been recognized as …

Characterization of five novel endolysins from Gram-negative infecting bacteriophages

M Walmagh, B Boczkowska, B Grymonprez… - Applied microbiology …, 2013‏ - Springer
We here characterize five globular endolysins, encoded by a set of Gram-negative infecting
bacteriophages: BcepC6gp22 (Burkholderia cepacia phage BcepC6B), P2gp09 …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteria in the respiratory tract—how to treat? Or do not treat?

C Prat, A Lacoma - International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016‏ - Elsevier
Background Acute and chronic respiratory tract infections are a common cause of
inappropriate antimicrobial prescription. Antimicrobial therapy leads to the development of …

Enzybiotics: endolysins and bacteriocins

RD Heselpoth, SM Swift, SB Linden… - Bacteriophages: biology …, 2021‏ - Springer
The growing prevalence within community and healthcare settings of antibiotic resistant
Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens is alarming. Particularly concerning …

High frequency acoustic nebulization for pulmonary delivery of antibiotic alternatives against Staphylococcus aureus

S Marqus, L Lee, T Istivan, RYK Chang… - European Journal of …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The increasing prevalence of multidrug resistant bacteria has warranted the search for new
antimicrobial agents as existing antibiotics lose their potency. Among these, bacteriophage …