Community-acquired pneumonia: Aetiology, antibiotic resistance and prospects of phage therapy

• Main Authors: Sheam, Md Moinuddin, Bin Syed, Shifath, Nain, Zulkar, Tang, Swee-Seong, Paul, Dipak Kumar, Ahmed, Kazi Rejvee, Biswas, Sudhangshu Kumar
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2020
• Subjects: RB Pathology; RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/36482/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Bacteria are the most common aetiological agents of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and use a variety of mechanisms to evade the host immune system. With the emerging antibiotic resistance, CAP-causing bacteria have now become resistant to most antibiotics. Consequently, significant morbimortalit...