what is phage therapy
Bacteriophages or phage are viruses that invade bacterial cells and, in the case of lytic phages, disrupt bacterial metabolism and cause the bacterium to lyse [destruct]. Phage Therapy is the therapeutic use of lytic bacteriophages to treat pathogenic bacterial infections. Bacterial Host Specificity. The bacterial host range of phage is generally narrower than that found in the antibiotics that have been selected for clinical applications.