Bacteriophages in health and disease

Contents......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
1. Phages......Page 18
2. Bacteriophages as a Part of the Human Microbiome......Page 23
3. Diseases Caused by Phages......Page 38
4. Prophage-induced Changes in Cellular Cytochemistry and Virulence......Page 50
5. The Lion and the Mouse: How Bacteriophages Create, Liberate and Decimate Bacterial Pathogens......Page 78
6. Phages and Bacterial Epidemiology......Page 93
7. Phages as Therapeutic Delivery Vehicles......Page 103
8. Clinical Applications of Phage Display......Page 118
9. Phages and Their Hosts: a Web of Interactions – Applications to Drug Design......Page 136
10. Bacteriophage-based Methods of Bacterial Detection and Identification......Page 151
11. Phage Detection as an Indication of Faecal Contamination......Page 170
12. Phage Translocation, Safety and Immunomodulation......Page 185
13. Phage Therapy of Wounds and Related Purulent Infections......Page 202
14. Phage Therapy of Non-wound Infections......Page 220
15. Phage-based Enzybiotics......Page 234
16. Role of Phages in the Control of Bacterial Pathogens in Food......Page 257
17. Phage-therapy Best Practices......Page 273
B......Page 290
C......Page 291
E......Page 292
H......Page 293
M......Page 294
P......Page 295
S......Page 296
Y......Page 297