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Case Report: Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis Treated With Phage Therapy After Multiple Failed Antibiotic Treatments

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Background: Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis (CBP) is an inflammatory condition caused by a persistent bacterial infection of the prostate gland and its surrounding areas in the male pelvic region. It is most common in men under 50 years of age.
Apurva Virmani Johri, Pranav Johri, Naomi Hoyle, Levan Pipia, Lia Nadareishvili, Dea Nizharadze   +5 more
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Case report: Successful treatment of recurrent E. coli infection with bacteriophage therapy for patient suffering from chronic bacterial prostatitis

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2023
Background: Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis (CBP) is inflammation of the prostate caused by bacterial infection. An estimated 8.2% of men have prostatitis, most commonly under the age of 50.
Apurva Virmani Johri, Pranav Johri, Naomi Hoyle, Naomi Hoyle, Lia Nadareishvili, Levan Pipia, Dea Nizharadze   +6 more
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DNA Dye Sytox Green in Detection of Bacteriolytic Activity: High Speed, Precision and Sensitivity Demonstrated With Endolysins

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Introduction: Increasing number of deaths from multi-drug resistant bacterial infections has caused both the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to repeatedly call for development of new, non-traditional ...
Marek Harhala, Marek Harhala, Katarzyna Gembara, Katarzyna Gembara, Paulina Miernikiewicz, Barbara Owczarek, Zuzanna Kaźmierczak, Zuzanna Kaźmierczak, Joanna Majewska, Daniel C. Nelson, Krystyna Dąbrowska, Krystyna Dąbrowska   +11 more
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Immunogenicity of Endolysin PlyC

Antibiotics, 2022
Endolysins are bacteriolytic enzymes derived from bacteriophages. They represent an alternative to antibiotics, since they are not susceptible to conventional antimicrobial resistance mechanisms.
Marek Adam Harhala, Katarzyna Gembara, Daniel C. Nelson, Paulina Miernikiewicz, Krystyna Dąbrowska   +4 more
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Two Newly Isolated Enterobacter-Specific Bacteriophages: Biological Properties and Stability Studies

Viruses, 2022
In an era of antibiotic therapy crisis caused by spreading antimicrobial resistance, and when recurrent urinary tract infections constitute a serious social and medical problem, the isolation and complex characterization of phages with a potential ...
Martyna Cieślik, Marek Harhala, Filip Orwat, Krystyna Dąbrowska, Andrzej Górski, Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak   +5 more
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New formula of the green synthesised Au@Ag core@shell nanoparticles using propolis extract presented high antibacterial and anticancer activity

AMB Express, 2022
Antimicrobial alternatives such as nanoparticles are critically required to tackle bacterial infections, especially with the emerging threat of antibiotic resistance.
Nouran Rezk, Abdallah S. Abdelsattar, Salsabil Makky, Assmaa H. Hussein, Azza G. Kamel, Ayman El-Shibiny   +5 more
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Morphological, biological, and genomic characterization of Klebsiella pneumoniae phage vB_Kpn_ZC2

Virology Journal, 2023
Background Bacteriophages (phages) are one of the most promising alternatives to traditional antibiotic therapies, especially against multidrug-resistant bacteria.
Mohamed S. Fayez, Toka A. Hakim, Bishoy Maher Zaki, Salsabil Makky, Mohamed Abdelmoteleb, Kareem Essam, Anan Safwat, Abdallah S. Abdelsattar, Ayman El-Shibiny   +8 more
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A Thorough Synthesis of Phage Therapy Unit Activity in Poland—Its History, Milestones and International Recognition

Viruses, 2022
The year 2020 marked 15 years of the Phage Therapy Unit in Poland, the inception of which took place just one year after Poland’s accession to the European Union (2004).
Maciej Żaczek, Andrzej Górski, Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Sławomir Letkiewicz, Wojciech Fortuna, Paweł Rogóż, Edyta Pasternak, Ryszard Międzybrodzki   +7 more
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The Synergistic Effect of Biosynthesized Silver Nanoparticles and Phage ZCSE2 as a Novel Approach to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Salmonella enterica

Antibiotics, 2021
The emergence and evolution of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is considered a public health concern. Salmonella is one of the most common pathogens that cause high mortality and morbidity rates in humans, animals, and poultry annually.
Abdallah S. Abdelsattar, Rana Nofal, Salsabil Makky, Anan Safwat, Amera Taha, Ayman El-Shibiny   +5 more
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Characterization of the biosynthesized Syzygium aromaticum-mediated silver nanoparticles and its antibacterial and antibiofilm activity in combination with bacteriophage

Results in Chemistry, 2023
Contamination with bacteria and organic matters is becoming a serious challenge for governments and a central issue for public health. Biosynthesized silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are currently gaining attention due to the additional properties provided ...
Salsabil Makky, Nouran Rezk, Abdallah S. Abdelsattar, Assmaa H. Hussein, Aalaa Eid, Kareem Essam, Azza G Kamel, Mohamed S. Fayez, Mohamed Azzam, Mona M. Agwa, Ayman El-Shibiny   +10 more
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