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. 2016 Jan;363(2):fnv225.
doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnv225. Epub 2015 Dec 10.

A bacteriophage journey at the European Medicines Agency

Laurent Debarbieux  1 , Jean-Paul Pirnay  1 , Gilbert Verbeken  1 , Daniel De Vos  1 , Maia Merabishvili  1 , Isabelle Huys  1 , Olivier Patey  1 , Dirk Schoonjans  1 , Mario Vaneechoutte  1 , Martin Zizi  1 , Christine Rohde  2
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A bacteriophage journey at the European Medicines Agency

Laurent Debarbieux et al. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2016 Jan.

Abstract

The seriously and globally increasing bacterial multi-drug resistance calls out on concerted counteractive measures: international health authorities give consideration to the therapeutical use of bacteriophage therapy.

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