Journal
PHARMACEUTICALS
Volume 11, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ph11020034
Keywords
bacteriophage; pharmacology; synergy; formulation; combination therapy; product development
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- Olle Engkvist Byggmastare Foundation [2015/419]
- Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) [221-2015-1894]
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The resurgence of research into phage biology and therapy is, in part, due to the increasing need for novel agents to treat multidrug-resistant infections. Despite a long clinical history in Eastern Europe and initial success within the food industry, commercialized phage products have yet to enter other sectors. This relative lack of success is, in part, due to the inherent biological limitations of whole phages. These include (but are not limited to) reaching target sites at sufficiently high concentrations to establish an infection which produces enough progeny phages to reduce the bacterial population in a clinically meaningful manner and the limited host range of some phages. Conversely, parallels can be drawn between antimicrobial enzymes derived from phages and conventional antibiotics. In the current article the biological limitations of whole phage-based therapeutics and their derived antimicrobial enzymes will be discussed. In addition, the ability of more complex formulations to address these issues, in the context of medical and non-medical applications, will also be included.
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