Characterization and Testing the Efficiency of Acinetobacter baumannii Phage vB-GEC_Ab-M-G7 as an Antibacterial Agent

Characterization and Testing the Efficiency of Acinetobacter baumannii Phage vB-GEC_Ab-M-G7 as an Antibacterial Agent

Acinetobacter baumannii is a gram-negative, non-motile bacterium that, due to its multidrug resistance, has become a major nosocomial pathogen .The increasing number of multidrug resistant (MDR) strains has renewed interest in phage therapy. The aim of our study was to assess the effectiveness of ph...

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Main Authors: Ia Kusradze, Natia Karumidze, Sophio Rigvava, Teona Dvalidze, Irakli Amiranashvili, Malkhaz Katsitadze, Marina Goderdzishvili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Acinetobacter baumannii
Wound Infection
animal model
Bacteriophage
phage therapy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01590/full

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