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Journal of Medical Sciences

Year: 2005 | Volume: 5 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 1-9
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Mahmud Morshed Sagor

Khandker Khaldun Islam

Md. Raihan Ali

S.M. Abdul-Awal

Partho Protim Adhikary

Palash Kumar Sarker

Abu Syed Md. Rakib

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Scientists all over the world are trying to develop new antibiotics against bacteria to overcome the threat of “superbugs” (antibiotic-resistant bacteria). In this context, bacteriophage might be possible alternative weapon. Bacteriophage could use clinically as therapeutic agent for various human infectious complications e.g. surgical wound infections, post burn infections, eye infections, cerebrospinal meningitis etc. and also in many animal disease treatment such as Klebsiella infection in white mice, sepsis, pneumonia, colonization of the gastrointestinal tract with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) in bacteremic mice model etc. Bacteriophage has many other applications and as bactericidal agent in food industries. It also holds a great potential in vaccine development as well as in cancer and HIV research. In this study, identifying the problems of therapeutic applications we discussed their possible solutions. Also detecting, future possible implications of bacteriophage and making comparison with antibiotics and chemotherapeutics, we found it advantageous as a potential therapeutic agent.
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Mahmud Morshed Sagor, Khandker Khaldun Islam, Md. Raihan Ali, S.M. Abdul-Awal, Partho Protim Adhikary, Palash Kumar Sarker and Abu Syed Md. Rakib, 2005. Bacteriophage: A Potential Therapeutic Agent (A Review). Journal of Medical Sciences, 5: 1-9.

DOI: 10.3923/jms.2005.1.9

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jms.2005.1.9

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