Bacteriophage Therapy of Chronic Nonhealing Wound: Clinical Study

• Published in: International journal of lower extremity wounds Vol. 18; no. 2; p. 171
• Main Authors: Gupta, Pooja, Singh, Hari Shankar, Shukla, Vijay K, Nath, Gopal, Bhartiya, Satyanam Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2019
• Subjects: Administration, Topical; Adolescent; Adult; Bacteriophages; Child; Chronic Disease; Escherichia coli - virology; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Normal Distribution; Phage Therapy - methods; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Pseudomonas aeruginosa - virology; Staphylococcus aureus - virology; Statistics, Nonparametric; Wound Healing - physiology; Wound Infection - microbiology; Wound Infection - therapy; Young Adult; microbial infection; antibiotic resistance; topical bacteriophage therapy; chronic wound

A chronic wound usually results due to halt in the inflammatory phase of wound healing. Bacterial infections and biofilm formation are considered to be the basic cause of it. Chronic wounds significantly impair the quality of life. Antibiotics are now failing due to biofilm formation emergence of dr...