Phage Therapy: A Golden Alternative to Antibiotics in the Era of Multidrug Resistance
A. Hassan *
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Nigeria.
O. O. Mabekoje
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Nigeria.
H. Majiya
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Nigeria.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Phage treatment is a technique that has been used for over a century to treat bacterial illnesses by using bacterial viruses (phages). Antibiotics' overall reduction in efficacy has reignited interest in reexamining this procedure. Phage therapy may be utilized as an alternative to or a complement to antibiotic therapies, according to recent studies on the use of phages and their lytic proteins, specifically against multidrug-resistant bacterial infections.
Keywords: Phage therapy, multidrug resistance, bacteriophage, bacterial infections