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This is intriguing: phage therapy induces bacterial resistance but also reduced virulence.

So clinical benefit post-phage could also stem from bacterial attenuation rather than just eradication.

Question is how sustainable this effect may be.
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https://www.clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection.com/article/S1198-743X(23)00405-6/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_aip_email