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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2026

Spot-on phage therapy: stable formulations, smarter dosing for topical phage application.

Jagnoor Singh Sandhu, Amrita Parida

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Microbiotherapy: an emerging adjunct for burn wound healing.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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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

2 authors.

Jagnoor Singh SandhuCentral Animal Research Facility, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.
Amrita ParidaDepartment of Pharmacology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The growing antimicrobial resistance crisis has led to renewed interest in bacteriophage therapy, mostly for topical uses such as wound/burn care. However, the clinical application of topical phage therapy is delayed due to a major problem that dosing and delivery protocols lack standardization. By gathering scattered published studies on topical phage therapy, this review attempts to bridge the most important gap. We unpack the complicated interactions between phage titer (most of the time 10

Indexed as

Bacterial InfectionsBacteriophagesPhage TherapyAdministration, TopicalAnimalsBiofilmsHumansbiofilmsformulation stabilitymoiphage therapyPK/PDtopical delivery

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PMID42058179
PMCPMC13121361

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