Phage-derived lysins as therapeutic agents against multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis

Future Microbiol. 2018 Mar:13:275-278. doi: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0235. Epub 2018 Feb 14.

Authors

Jingmin Gu¹, Hengyu Xi¹, Mengjun Cheng¹, Wenyu Han^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ College of Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, PR China.
² Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for the Prevention & Control of important Animal Infectious Disease & Zoonoses, Yangzhou 225009, PR China.

PMID: 29441802
DOI: 10.2217/fmb-2017-0235

No abstract available

Keywords: Enterococcus faecalis; lysin; multidrug resistant; opportunistic pathogen; phage.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Bacteriophages / enzymology
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial / drug effects*
Endopeptidases / pharmacology*
Endopeptidases / therapeutic use
Enterococcus faecalis / drug effects*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / drug therapy
Humans
Microbial Viability / drug effects
Opportunistic Infections / drug therapy
Viral Proteins / pharmacology*
Viral Proteins / therapeutic use

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Viral Proteins
Endopeptidases
endolysin