The issue with phage therapy is that it has to be targeted.
With antibiotics, they are very broad spectrum so you can throw augmentin at routine infections and it'll usually work.
With phages, you have to be much more specific. Phage X for bacteria Y. It's not necessarily hard figure out what bacteria it is, but it takes time and expensive lab work.
With antibiotics, they are very broad spectrum so you can throw augmentin at routine infections and it'll usually work.
With phages, you have to be much more specific. Phage X for bacteria Y. It's not necessarily hard figure out what bacteria it is, but it takes time and expensive lab work.