Non-antibiotic treatments for bacterial diseases in an antibiotic resistance era

ccforum.biomedcentral.com December 17, 2016

The progressive spread of antibiotic resistance genes is forcing us to reconsider our treatment options against some bacterial pathogens. Treating bacterial infections will likely become more challenging in the future. We need to protect the antibiotics we already have, develop new ones, and redouble our efforts to generate novel therapies against bacterial pathogens.