Bacteriophages

Rodrigo Medín

WHAT'S A
HOW DO WE AVOID
BACTERIOPHAGE
IT? ?
Viruses that exclusively infect bacteria. It
infects a bacterial cell unable to be removed
by replicating and destroying it.

HOW DO THEY
ENTER THE BODY?
It attacks a cell and use its resources to reproduce, which
causes the cell to explode and die in the process. This is
how they go in and stay.
TREATM
ENT
A type of Phage (virus) is administered against a
specific bacterium and this virus eliminates the
bacteria. They are used as treatments to eliminate
bacterial diseases that have become resistant to
antibiotics