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Phages, long relegated to the fringes of infectious disease treatment, may overcome antibiotic resistance and help patients with no other options.
Maryland is a hotspot for research and production of superbug-killing bacteriophages. Author: Nathan Baca (WUSA9) Updated: 5:51 PM EDT May 7, 2021 GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The CDC says 2.8 million Americans are infected by antibiotic-resistant bacteria every year. These so-called “superbugs” often baffle doctors, and can quickly kill. Elaine Blake of Calvert County, Maryland, lost her 81-year-old mother Lou Ruth Blake, her 58-year-old brother Lowell Frederick Blake and 56-year-old sister Venessa Blake to just such a superbug a decade ago. The Blakes came down ...