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ArticleViruses2021

Phage Therapy Experience at the Eliava Phage Therapy Center: Three Cases of Bacterial Persistence.

Elisabed Zaldastanishvili, Lika Leshkasheli, Mariam Dadiani, Lia Nadareishvili, Lia Askilashvili, Nino Kvatadze, Marina Goderdzishvili, Mzia Kutateladze, Nana Balarjishvili

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Article in Viruses, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elisabed ZaldastanishviliLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-3326-178X
Lika LeshkasheliLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Mariam DadianiEliava Phage Therapy Center (EPTC), 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Lia NadareishviliEliava Phage Therapy Center (EPTC), 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.ORCID 0000-0002-6984-5090
Lia AskilashviliLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Nino KvatadzeLaboratory of General Microbiology, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Marina GoderdzishviliLaboratory of General Microbiology, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Mzia KutateladzeEliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.
Nana BalarjishviliLaboratory of Molecular Biology, Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, 0160 Tbilisi, Georgia.
George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage, Microbiology and Virology · GE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this retrospective descriptive study we focus on cases of three patients who underwent phage therapy procedures at Eliava Phage Therapy Center (EPTC) in Tbilisi, Georgia. Patients with chronic infectious diseases related to

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BacteriaBacterial InfectionsBacteriophagesPhage TherapyAdultAgedElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldFemaleGeorgia (Republic)HumansKlebsiella InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaeMaleMiddle AgedPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsKlebsiella pneumoniaephage therapyPseudomonas aeruginosa

Identifiers

PMID34696331
PMCPMC8540005
OpenAlexW3199327762

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