The TV channel ARTE is taking a closer look at bacteriophage therapy. Henri Lemaitre, a patient who infected himself with resistant bacteria (MRSA) in a hospital after major surgery, uses bacteriophage therapy to avoid leg amputation and to get his life back.
Alternative ways to treat antibiotic resistant bacteria on BBC
With MRSA threatening to infect huge numbers of patients who make even short trips to the hospital, and the gradual increase in the number of bacteria that are resistant to all known antiobiotics, scientists are turning to new ways to conquer the killer bugs, bacteriophage therapy.