Evaluating efficacy of bacteriophage therapy againstStaphylococcus aureusinfections using a silkworm larval infection model

Evaluation of bacteriophage therapy against Staphylococcus aureus infections using a silkworm larval infection model

A silkworm model of pathogenic bacterial infection.

Silkworms are invertebrate animals that are killed by bacteria pathogenic against humans, such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Vibrio cholerae. Injection into the hemolymph of antibiotics that are clinically used for human patients abolishes the killing effects. There are several advantages to using silkworms as an infection model, such as low cost,...

Understanding of bacterial virulence using the silkworm infection model.

We have used silkworms, larva of Bombyx mori, to investigate host-pathogen interactions. Silkworms have several advantages, such as high availability of a large number of animals and ease of injection of quantitative amounts of samples. Human pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa kill silkworms. In this review, I would like to summa...

A delayed marine bacteriophage infection model

A marine bacteriophage infections model with stage structure is studied. Necessary and sufficient conditions for the extinction and permanence of the system are obtained, which enrich and improve the corresponding results given by S.A. Gourley and Y. Kuang [A delay reaction–diffusion model of the spread of bacteriophage infection, SIAM J. Appl. Math. 65 (2005) 550–566]. c © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. A...

the use of appropriate madm model for ranking the vendors of mci equipments using fuzzy approach

abstract nowadays, the science of decision making has been paid to more attention due to the complexity of the problems of suppliers selection. as known, one of the efficient tools in economic and human resources development is the extension of communication networks in developing countries. so, the proper selection of suppliers of tc equipments is of concern very much. in this study, a ...