Patent ID: 7807149

Claim:
A method of treatment of a bacterial infection characterized by biofilm formation, wherein said bacterial infection comprises Pseudomonas aeruginosa , and wherein said method comprises: (a) administering to a human or non-human animal in need thereof one or more bacteriophage preparations comprising bacteriophages NCIMB 41174, NCIMB 41175, NCIMB 41176, NCIMB 41177, NCIMB 41178 and NCIMB 41179, wherein said bacteriophages target and kill said Pseudomonas aeruginosa present in the biofilm; and (b) sequentially administering one or more antibiotics active against a bacterial species present in the biofilm, wherein said one or more antibiotics is administered after the bacteriophages have commenced replication in a targeted Pseudomonas aeruginosa present in the biofilm.