Bacteriophage and Bacterial Susceptibility, Resistance, and Tolerance to Antibiotics

• Main Authors: Qingquan Chen (Author), Tejas Dharmaraj (Author), Pamela C. Cai (Author), Elizabeth B. Burgener (Author), Naomi L. Haddock (Author), Andy J. Spakowitz (Author), Paul L. Bollyky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Bacteriophages, viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, impact bacterial responses to antibiotics in complex ways. Recent studies using lytic bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections (phage therapy) demonstrate that phages can promote susceptibility to chemical antibiotics and that ph...