title: Bacteriophage: laboratorial diagnosis and phage therapy.
abstract: Bacteriophages have been researched as a new alternative to antibiotics. These viruses inject their genetic material into bacteria and use their host machinery to multiply themselves. The research of bacteriophages in Brazil will certainly provide low-cost treatment of multidrug resistant bacteria, new microbiological diagnosis and advantages for the Brazilian food industry.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas, Universidade de São Paulo , São Paulo, SP , Brasil.
authors.forename: Joas L Da
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Rosario D C
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Hirata
authors.forename: Mario H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hirata
keywords: Phage-based therapy; antibiotic resistant bacteria; bacterial diseases
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