Bacteriophage therapy for periprosthetic joint infections: Current limitations and research needed to advance this therapeutic

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Bacteriophage therapy is a promising treatment for periprosthetic joint infections (PJIs), particularly given these agents have innate abilities to degrade the biofilm matrix and lyse bacteria within. However, many aspects of this therapy are poorly understood causing treatments to lack uniform effectiveness and reproducibility, which is in part a consequence of several inherent limitations to using...

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