Engineered bacteriophages for treatment of a patient with a disseminated drug-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus

Rebekah M. Dedrick; Carlos A. Guerrero-Bustamante; Rebecca A. Garlena; Daniel A. Russell; Katrina Ford; Kathryn Harris; Kimberly Gilmour; J F Soothill; Deborah Jacobs‐Sera; Robert T. Schooley; Graham F. Hatfull; Helen Spencer

doi:10.1038/s41591-019-0437-z

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Mycobacterium abscessusLytic cycleCystic fibrosisPhage therapyMedicineMicrobiologyMycobacteriumBacteriophageVirologyImmunologyBiologyPathologyVirusInternal medicineGene

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Year: 2019
Type: article
Volume: 25
Issue: 5
Pages: 730-733
Citations: 1272
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                                    Rebekah M. Dedrick, 
                                
                                    Carlos A. Guerrero-Bustamante, 
                                
                                    Rebecca A. Garlena
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Engineered bacteriophages for treatment of a patient with a disseminated drug-resistant Mycobacterium abscessus. 
                            Nature Medicine
                            , 25
                            (5)
                            , 730-733.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-019-0437-z
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41591-019-0437-z