Pires Diana P, Vilas Boas Diana, Sillankorva Sanna, Azeredo Joana
CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO-Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
CEB-Centre of Biological Engineering, LIBRO-Laboratório de Investigação em Biofilmes Rosário Oliveira, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
J Virol. 2015 Aug;89(15):7449-56. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00385-15. Epub 2015 May 13.
Antimicrobial resistance constitutes one of the major worldwide public health concerns. Bacteria are becoming resistant to the vast majority of antibiotics, and nowadays, a common infection can be fatal. To address this situation, the use of phages for the treatment of bacterial infections has been extensively studied as an alternative therapeutic strategy. Since Pseudomonas aeruginosa is one of the most common causes of health care-associated infections, many studies have reported the in vitro and in vivo antibacterial efficacy of phage therapy against this bacterium. This review collects data of all the P. aeruginosa phages sequenced to date, providing a better understanding about their biodiversity. This review further addresses the in vitro and in vivo results obtained by using phages to treat or prevent P. aeruginosa infections as well as the major hurdles associated with this therapy.
抗菌耐药性是全球主要的公共卫生问题之一。细菌正变得对绝大多数抗生素产生耐药性,如今,一种常见感染可能会致命。为应对这种情况,作为一种替代治疗策略,噬菌体用于治疗细菌感染已得到广泛研究。由于铜绿假单胞菌是医疗保健相关感染最常见的病因之一,许多研究报告了噬菌体疗法针对该细菌的体外和体内抗菌效果。本综述收集了迄今为止所有已测序的铜绿假单胞菌噬菌体的数据,以便更好地了解它们的生物多样性。本综述还进一步探讨了使用噬菌体治疗或预防铜绿假单胞菌感染所取得的体外和体内研究结果,以及与这种疗法相关的主要障碍。