[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in bacteriophage-based therapeutics: Insight into the post-antibiotic era

H Ling, X Lou, Q Luo, Z He, M Sun, J Sun - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic resistance is one of the biggest threats to global health, as it can make the
treatment of bacterial infections in humans difficult owing to their high incidence rate …

Phage therapy—challenges, opportunities and future prospects

B Zalewska-Piątek - Pharmaceuticals, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing drug resistance of bacteria to commonly used antibiotics creates the need to
search for and develop alternative forms of treatment. Phage therapy fits this trend perfectly …

Paving the way for phage therapy using novel drug delivery approaches

T Briot, C Kolenda, T Ferry, M Medina, F Laurent… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bacterial resistance against antibiotics is an emergent medical issue. The development of
novel therapeutic approaches is urgently needed and, in this context, bacteriophages …

Alginates combined with natural polymers as valuable drug delivery platforms

K Kruk, K Winnicka - Marine Drugs, 2022 - mdpi.com
Alginates (ALG) have been used in biomedical and pharmaceutical technologies for
decades. ALG are natural polymers occurring in brown algae and feature multiple …

Bacteriophage delivery systems for food applications: Opportunities and perspectives

MJ Costa, LM Pastrana, JA Teixeira, SM Sillankorva… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, one-third of all food produced worldwide is wasted or lost, and bacterial
contamination is one of the main reasons. Moreover, foodborne diseases are a severe …

Current status of endolysin-based treatments against Gram-negative bacteria

MTP Gontijo, GP Jorge, M Brocchi - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The prevalence of multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria is a public health concern.
Bacteriophages and bacteriophage-derived lytic enzymes have been studied in response to …

Advanced strategies to overcome the challenges of bacteriophage-based antimicrobial treatments in food and agricultural systems

S Liu, SY Quek, K Huang - Critical Reviews in Food Science and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Bacteriophages (phages), highly prevalent in aquatic and terrestrial environments, have
emerged as novel antimicrobial agents in food and agricultural systems. Owing to their …

Emerging roles of bacteriophage-based therapeutics in combating antibiotic resistance

A Subramanian - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Amid the growing challenge of antibiotic resistance on a global scale, there has been a
notable resurgence in bacteriophage-based treatments, signaling a shift in our approach to …

Isolation and Characterization of vB_kpnM_17-11, a Novel Phage Efficient Against Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

J Bai, F Zhang, S Liang, Q Chen, W Wang… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Phages and phage-encoded proteins exhibit promising prospects in the treatment of
Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) infections. In this study, a novel …

Devitrification of lyoprotectants: A critical determinant for bacteriophages inactivation in freeze-drying and storage

H Zheng - Food Research International, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacteriophages as promising natural antibacterial additives are widely used in food
processing and storage. Although freeze-drying is an economical and efficient way to …