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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Bacteriophage and Bacterial Susceptibility, Resistance, and Tolerance to Antibiotics.

Qingquan Chen, Tejas Dharmaraj, Pamela C Cai, Elizabeth B Burgener, Naomi L Haddock, Andy J Spakowitz, Paul L Bollyky

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Phage therapy againstFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  15. Phagetherapy updates: New frontiers against antibiotic resistance.European journal of microbiology & immunology · 2025
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  19. Multidrug-resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Qingquan ChenDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Beckman Center, 279 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Tejas DharmarajDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Beckman Center, 279 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Pamela C CaiDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0838-0402
Elizabeth B BurgenerCenter for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8969-6232
Naomi L HaddockDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Beckman Center, 279 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Andy J SpakowitzCenter for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
Paul L BollykyDivision of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Beckman Center, 279 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Funding

Stanford Training Program in Lung BiologyT32HL129970 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI CORNFIELD, DAVID N., NICOLLS, MARK ROBERT · 2016 to 2025
$3.2M
Stanford ChEM-H Chemistry/Biology Interface Predoctoral Training ProgramT32GM139791 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Carolyn Bertozzi, Christine Jacobs-Wagner · 2021 to 2026
$2.4M
Pathogenesis of Pf Bacteriophages in Pseudomonas Cystic Fibrosis lung InfectionsR01HL148184 · NHLBI · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI MILLA, CARLOS · 2019 to 2022
$1.7M
Studies on bacteriophages in respiratory diseasesK24AI166718 · NIAID · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Paul L Bollyky · 2022 to 2026
$815k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL148184NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL129970NIAID NIH HHS K24 AI166718NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM139791
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteriophages, viruses that infect and replicate within bacteria, impact bacterial responses to antibiotics in complex ways. Recent studies using lytic bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections (phage therapy) demonstrate that phages can promote susceptibility to chemical antibiotics and that phage/antibiotic synergy is possible. However, both lytic and lysogenic bacteriophages can contribute to antimicrobial resistance. In particular, some phages mediate the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between bacteria via transduction and other mechanisms. In addition, chronic infection filamentous phages can promote antimicrobial tolerance, the ability of bacteria to persist in the face of antibiotics. In particular, filamentous phages serve as structural elements in bacterial biofilms and prevent the penetration of antibiotics. Over time, these contributions to antibiotic tolerance favor the selection of resistance clones. Here, we review recent insights into bacteriophage contributions to antibiotic susceptibility, resistance, and tolerance. We discuss the mechanisms involved in these effects and address their impact on bacterial fitness.

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antibiotics resistancebacteriophagehorizontal gene transfermobile gene elementsphage antibiotics synergy

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PMID35890320
PMCPMC9318951

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