title: Bacteriophage therapy of bacterial infections: an update of our institute's experience.
abstract: 1307 patients with suppurative bacterial infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria of different species were treated with specific bacteriophages (BP). BP therapy was highly effective; full recovery was noted in 1123 cases (85.9%). In 134 cases (10.9%) transient improvement was observed and only in 50 cases (3.8%) was BP treatment found to be ineffective. The results confirm the high effectiveness of BP therapy in combating bacterial infections which do not respond to treatment with the available antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw. secret@immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Weber-Dabrowska
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulczyk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Górski
mesh_terms: D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis; D018432:Drug Resistance, Multiple; D006801:Humans; D011044:Poland
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines