Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2092392 | Microbiological Research | 2014 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Several antibiotics have been discovered following the discovery of penicillin. These antibiotics had been helpful in treatment of infectious diseases considered dread for centuries. The advent of multiple drug resistance in microbes has posed new challenge to researchers. The scientists are now evaluating alternatives for combating infectious diseases. This review focuses on major alternatives to antibiotics on which preliminary work had been carried out. These promising anti-microbial include: phages, bacteriocins, killing factors, antibacterial activities of non-antibiotic drugs and quorum quenching.
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Authors
Anshul Nigam, Divya Gupta, Ashwani Sharma,