Ny taktik: Gör patogener ofarliga istället för att döda dem

På så sätt så  kan man ha kvar patogenen i sin ekologiska nisch, istället för att nischen tas över av något resistent. Smart!

The widespread overprescribing of antibiotics and the speed of bacterial evolution have greatly increased the likelihood that the strains most able to resist antibiotics will thrive and spread. This trend is evident in recent reports that one strain of bacteria has become resistant to all 18 antibiotics approved for use in childhood ear infections, while another now causes more U.S. deaths than AIDS. New approaches seek to take away bacterial capabilities that cause disease (virulence factors) without “selecting for” resistance or killing beneficial bacteria.

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