Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

Topical phage therapy in a mouse model of Cutibacterium acnes-induced acne-like lesions

  • Amit Rimon,
  • Chani Rakov,
  • Vanda Lerer,
  • Sivan Sheffer-Levi,
  • Sivan Alkalay Oren,
  • Tehila Shlomov,
  • Lihi Shasha,
  • Ruth Lubin,
  • Khaled Zubeidat,
  • Nora Jaber,
  • Musa Mujahed,
  • Asaf Wilensky,
  • Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer,
  • Vered Molho-Pessach,
  • Ronen Hazan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36694-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 18

Abstract

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Bacteriophage therapy is evolving as a promising approach to tackling bacterial infection, even in the case of emerging antibiotic resistance. In this work, authors present the topical application of numerous Cutibacterium acnes phage in an in vivo mouse model of acne vulgaris.