Historical and modern aspects of bacteriophages application: experience and prospects

In the article questions of history, the present condition and prospect of bacteriophages are stated. Bacteriophages are continued to use alongside with antibiotics for treatment and prevent of acuteintestinal infections, purulent-septic and other diseases. Modern treatment-and-prophylactic bacteriophages are the complex polyclonal high virulent bacterial viruses which have been specially picked up against frequent infections.Considering a problem of antibiotic resistance and also the saved up database of bacteriophages efficiency, their application for prophylaxis and treatments may be one of perspective directions