Screening of Anorectal and Oropharyngeal Samples Fails to Detect Bacteriophages Infecting <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>

Screening of Anorectal and Oropharyngeal Samples Fails to Detect Bacteriophages Infecting <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>

There are real concerns that <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i> may become untreatable in the near future due to the rapid emergence of antimicrobial resistance. Alternative therapies are thus urgently required. Bacteriophages active against <i>N. gonorrhoeae</i> could play an impo...

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Main Authors: Jolein Gyonne Elise Laumen, Saïd Abdellati, Sheeba Santhini Manoharan-Basil, Christophe Van Dijck, Dorien Van den Bossche, Irith De Baetselier, Tessa de Block, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar, Patrick Soentjes, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Chris Kenyon, Maia Merabishvili
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Antibiotics
Subjects:
<i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>
bacteriophage screening
antimicrobial resistance
phage therapy
human anorectal swabs
human oropharyngeal swabs
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6382/11/2/268

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