Treatment of chronic bacterial infections: Bacteriophages as a potential treatment option
Life-threatening human infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens are now re-emerging, in part due to increased resistance to antibiotics.
Jorge Pedrosa holds a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences. Jorge Pedrosa is a Full Professor at the School of Medicine (EM) – University of Minho (UM) and President of B.ACIS. His research interests are in the field of Health Sciences-Immunology and he is particularly interested in the host immune response against infections by highly virulent mycobacteria, namely Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of the chronic tropical disease Buruli ulcer, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. He is using animal models in Biosafety Level 3 laboratories and collaborating with a network of health care institutions in Portugal and in Benin, to both evaluate new strategies aiming at the modulation of the host immune response and to develop new systems of specific delivery of antimicrobial agents to infected cells.
Jorge Pedrosa holds a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences. Jorge Pedrosa is a Full Professor at the School of Medicine (EM) – University of Minho (UM) and President of B.ACIS. His research interests are in the field of Health Sciences-Immunology and he is particularly interested in the host immune response against infections by highly virulent mycobacteria, namely Mycobacterium ulcerans, the causative agent of the chronic tropical disease Buruli ulcer, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis. He is using animal models in Biosafety Level 3 laboratories and collaborating with a network of health care institutions in Portugal and in Benin, to both evaluate new strategies aiming at the modulation of the host immune response and to develop new systems of specific delivery of antimicrobial agents to infected cells.
1. First demonstration of a protective role played by neutrophils in the early phase of experimental tuberculosis;
2. First isolation from the environment of a pure culture of M. ulcerans, the causative agent of the emergent infectious disease Buruli ulcer, implicating the involvement of aquatic insects in the transmission of this neglected disease;
3. Characterization of the host inflammatory response to M. ulcerans;
4. First description of an intracellular growth phase for M. ulcerans, as well as of the mechanisms of macrophage-mediated immune control for this pathogen.
Life-threatening human infectious diseases caused by bacterial pathogens are now re-emerging, in part due to increased resistance to antibiotics.
Buruli Ulcer (BU) is a neglected infectious disease responsible for massive necrotic skin lesions. BU is the third most common mycobacteriosis worldwide,..
Mycobacterium ulcerans is the causative agent of Buruli Ulcer (BU), a neglected tropical disease characterized by extensive necrotic skin lesions. M. ulcerans,…
Many metabolic disorders are chronic diseases that require continuous biomarker monitoring to ensure the patient is stable and responding to treatment…
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Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal
Copyright ©2022 ICVS. All Rights Reserved
Life and Health Sciences
Research Institute (ICVS)
School of Medicine,
University of Minho,
Campus de Gualtar
4710-057 Braga
Portugal