Next-generation precision antimicrobials: towards personalized treatment of infectious diseases

Highlights • Precision antimicrobials represent a novel approach for treating infectious diseases. • The role of the microbiota in health and disease is indisputable and so is the need to preserve these microbial communities by using specific therapies. • Nucleic-acid and peptide based antibacterial...

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Published in:	Current opinion in microbiology Vol. 37; pp. 95 - 102
Main Authors:	de la Fuente-Nunez, Cesar, Torres, Marcelo DT, Mojica, Francisco JM, Lu, Timothy K
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01-06-2017
Subjects:	Anti-Infective Agents - pharmacology Biological Products - pharmacology Biological Therapy - methods Communicable Diseases - drug therapy Humans Pathology Precision Medicine - methods
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Summary:	Highlights • Precision antimicrobials represent a novel approach for treating infectious diseases. • The role of the microbiota in health and disease is indisputable and so is the need to preserve these microbial communities by using specific therapies. • Nucleic-acid and peptide based antibacterials represent promising technologies to achieve selective killing of microbes.
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ISSN:	1369-5274 1879-0364
DOI:	10.1016/j.mib.2017.05.014