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James B Doub1,2, Dakarai Dunbar2, Sara Jain2

  • 1The Doub Laboratory of Translational Bacterial Research, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

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まとめ

バクテリオファージ,特にStaphylococcal myoviridaeは,バクテリアの毒性および酵素発現を減少させることで,Staphylococcus aureusの死滅性ファシイティスの治療に有望であることが示されています. これらの薬剤は,単純な細菌溶解を超えて,感染症の罹患率を低下させる可能性があります.

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