Host–Pathogen Interactions

Because it is resistant to many antibiotics, colonization with B cepacia in the lungs of patients with CF has been associated with poor outcomes. During microbiology, we learned that phage therapy was being used in Georgia and Russia (in the former Soviet Union), Poland, and Germany. Because phage cocktails were said to be unstable and their potency was often reduced or even lost during preparation and storage, phage therapy was presented to us as having more theoretic than practical value. Discrepancies Between US Food and Drug Administration Vaccine Licensure Indications and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommendations: Provider Knowledge and Attitudes