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14 Jan 15
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Bacteriophage treatment offers a possible alternative to conventional antibiotic treatments for bacterial infection.[24] It is conceivable that, although bacteria can develop resistance to phage, the resistance might be easier to overcome than resistance to antibiotics.[25] Just as bacteria can evolve resistance, viruses can evolve to overcome resistance;[26] however, the ability to evolve raises serious safety questions.[16]
Bacteriophages are very specific, targeting only one or a few strains of bacteria.[27] Traditional antibiotics have more wide-ranging effect, killing both harmful bacteria and useful bacteria such as those facilitating food digestion. The specificity of bacteriophages might reduce the chance that useful bacteria are killed when fighting an infection.
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For some bacteria, such as multiple-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, there are no effective non-toxic antibiotics, but killing of this bacteria via intraperitoneal, intravenous, or intranasal route of phages in vivo has been shown to work in laboratory tests.[31]
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02 Mar 14
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The approval was for ListShield (a phage preparation targeted against Listeria monocytogenes) created by Intralytix. This was the first approval granted by the FDA and UDSA for a phage-based food additive.
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30 Aug 11
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hypothetically be chosen to be indirectly harmless not only to the host organism (human, animal, or plant), but also to other beneficial bacteria, such as gut flora, reducing the chances of opportunistic infections
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