DEV infects and lyses Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria, an opportunistic pathogen in cystic fibrosis and other diseases. DEV is part of an experimental phage cocktail developed to eradicate P.
Extensive pseudomonas infections of the lungs have become common ... permit generalized septicemia from the animal's own enteric bacteria to occur. Septicemia in children with bone-marrow failure ...
The study highlights the delicate balancing act that Pseudomonas aeruginosa must perform during infections. While the bacteria need to colonize the lung effectively, their best survival strategy ...
aeruginosa infection in pre-clinical studies ... out of its head after the phage has attached to the surface of a Pseudomonas bacteria using its tail fibers and has penetrated the cell's outer ...