Potential of phage therapy in digestive diseases in children
The review presents an experience and modern examples of using bacteriophages by Russian and world specialists for treatment and prevention of infectious pathology of bacterial genesis. As is noted, the revival of clinicians' interest to bacteriophages is related, first of all, to the wide spread of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria in medical practice in acute and chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in children. Taking into account a hundred-year experience of using bacteriophages in infectious diseases (including in newborns and infants), and also the ability of virulent phages to lyse bacteria that resist elimination by modern antibacterial preparations, it seems expedient to use generalised results of numerous clinical studies in order to enhance the quality of medical aid to children with acute and chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.