Phage therapy in the treatment of combat trauma

Abstract

The high resistance of the bacterial flora to existing antibacterial drugs makes it necessary to look for new approaches in the tactics of treating infectious wound complications. Phage therapy is one of the alternative ways to solve this problem. Foreign military medical organizations, together with private pharmaceutical companies, with the financial support of states, are actively developing all kinds of ways to use bacteriophages in various areas of combating bacterial infectious agents. The article outlines main research programs aimed at studying the possibilities of phage therapy in combat and burn injuries, which are being developed in Western Europe (France, Poland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland), the USA, China, and Israel.