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Investigating bacteriophages targeting the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii [PDF]

, 2020
The multi-drug resistance of the opportunistic pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii is of growing concern, with many clinical isolates proving to be resistant to last resort as well as front line antibiotic treatments.
Christie, Gabrielle S., Dowson, Christopher G., Leungtongkam, Udomluk, Millard, Andrew D., Moat, John, Sagona, Antonia P., Sitthisak, Sutthirat, Smith, Sophie, Styles, Kathryn, Thummeepak, Rapee, Wellington, Elizabeth M. H.   +10 more
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An Edible Biopolymeric Microcapsular Wrapping Integrating Lytic Bacteriophage Particles for Salmonella enterica: Potential for Integration into Poultry Feed

Antibiotics, 2023
This research work aimed at developing an edible biopolymeric microcapsular wrapping (EBMW) integrating lytic bacteriophage particles for Salmonella enterica, with potential application in poultry feed for biocontrol of that pathogen.
Arthur O. Pereira, Nicole M. A. Barros, Bruna R. Guerrero, Stephen C. Emencheta, Denicezar Â. Baldo, José M. Oliveira Jr., Marta M. D. C. Vila, Victor M. Balcão   +7 more
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Bacteriophages as a Potential 360-Degree Pathogen Control Strategy

Microorganisms, 2021
Bacteriophages are viruses that exclusively kill bacteria and are the most ubiquitous organisms on the planet. Since their discovery, bacteriophages have been considered an important weapon to fight human and animal infections of bacterial origin due to ...
M. D’Accolti, I. Soffritti, S. Mazzacane, E. Caselli   +3 more
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Isolation and Molecular Characterization of a Novel Lytic Bacteriophage That Inactivates MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae Strains

Pharmaceutics, 2022
The worldwide increase in serious infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) K. pneumoniae emphasizes the urgent need of new therapeutic strategies for the control of this pathogen.
Victor M. Balcão, Fernanda C. Moreli, Erica C. Silva, Bianca G. Belline, Layla F. Martins, Fernando P. N. Rossi, Carla Pereira, Marta M. D. C. Vila, Aline M. da Silva   +8 more
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Non-invasive Transdermal Delivery of Human Insulin Using Ionic Liquids: In vitro Studies

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2020
In this research project, synthesis and characterization of ionic liquids and their subsequent utilization as facilitators of transdermal delivery of human insulin was pursued.
Ludmilla R. Jorge, Liliam K. Harada, Erica C. Silva, Welida F. Campos, Fernanda C. Moreli, Gustavo Shimamoto, Jorge F. B. Pereira, José M. Oliveira, Matthieu Tubino, Marta M. D. C. Vila, Victor M. Balcão, Victor M. Balcão   +11 more
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Strategies for Surface Immobilization of Whole Bacteriophages: A Review.

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2021
Bacteriophage immobilization is a key unit operation in emerging biotechnologies, enabling new possibilities for biodetection of pathogenic microbes at low concentration, production of materials with novel antimicrobial properties, and fundamental ...
Larry O'Connell, P. Marcoux, Y. Roupioz
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Characterization of the newly isolated lytic bacteriophages KTN6 and KT28 and their efficacy against Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm [PDF]

, 2015
We here describe two novel lytic phages, KT28 and KTN6, infecting Pseudomonas aeruginosa, isolated from a sewage sample from an irrigated field near Wroclaw, in Poland.
Arabski, Michal, Augustyniak, Daria, Briers, Yves, Danis-Wlodarczyk, Katarzyna, Drulis-Kawa, Zuzanna, Duda, Katarzyna Anna, Gula, Grzegorz, Jang, Ho Bin, Lavigne, Rob, Majkowska-Skrobek, Grazyna, Olszak, Tomasz, Vandenheuvel, Dieter, Wasik, Slawomir   +12 more
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Bacteriophages as an Alternative Method for Control of Zoonotic and Foodborne Pathogens

Viruses, 2021
The global increase in multidrug-resistant infections caused by various pathogens has raised concerns in human and veterinary medicine. This has renewed interest in the development of alternative methods to antibiotics, including the use of ...
M. Alomari, M. Dec, R. Urban-Chmiel
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Characterization of a Bacteriophage GEC_vB_Bfr_UZM3 Active against Bacteroides fragilis

Viruses, 2023
Bacteroides fragilis is a commensal gut bacterium that is associated with a number of blood and tissue infections. It has not yet been recognized as one of the drug-resistant human pathogens, but cases of the refractory infections, caused by strains that
Nata Bakuradze, Maia Merabishvili, Ia Kusradze, Pieter-Jan Ceyssens, Jolien Onsea, Willem-Jan Metsemakers, Nino Grdzelishvili, Guliko Natroshvili, Tamar Tatrishvili, Davit Lazvliashvili, Nunu Mitskevich, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Nina Chanishvili   +12 more
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Engineered bacteriophages for treatment of a patient with a disseminated drug resistant Mycobacterium abscessus

Nature Network Boston, 2019
A 15-year-old patient with cystic fibrosis with a disseminated Mycobacterium abscessus infection was treated with a three-phage cocktail following bilateral lung transplantation.
R. Dedrick, Carlos A. Guerrero-Bustamante, R. Garlena, D. Russell, K. Ford, K. Harris, K. Gilmour, J. Soothill, D. Jacobs-Sera, R. Schooley, G. Hatfull, H. Spencer   +11 more
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