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ArticleBMC microbiology2022

Antibacterial efficacy of lytic phages against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in bacteraemia mice models.

Shri Natrajan Arumugam, Prasanth Manohar, Sunilkumar Sukumaran, Sathish Sadagopan, Belinda Loh, Sebastian Leptihn, Ramesh Nachimuthu

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Shri Natrajan ArumugamAnthem Biosciences Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Prasanth ManoharZhejiang University-University of Edinburgh (ZJE) Institute, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Haining, 314400, Zhejiang, PR China.
Sunilkumar SukumaranAnthem Biosciences Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Sathish SadagopanAnthem Biosciences Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Belinda LohFraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology (IZI), Department of Antimicrobial Biotechnology, Leipzig, Germany.
Sebastian LeptihnZhejiang University-University of Edinburgh (ZJE) Institute, Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Haining, 314400, Zhejiang, PR China.
Ramesh NachimuthuAntibiotic Resistance and Phage Therapy Laboratory, Vellore Institute of Technology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, 632014, India. drpnramesh@gmail.com.
Anthem Biosciences (India) · INFraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology · DEUniversity of Edinburgh · GBVellore Institute of Technology University · INZhejiang University-University of Edinburgh Institute · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic pathogen that can cause a variety of infections in humans, such as burn wound infections and infections of the lungs, the bloodstream and surgical site infections. Nosocomial spread is often concurrent with high degrees of antibiotic resistance. Such resistant strains are difficult to treat, and in some cases, even reserved antibiotics are ineffective. A particularly promising therapy to combat infections of resistant bacteria is the deployment of bacteriophages, known as phage therapy. In this work, we evaluated the in vivo efficacy of two Pseudomonas phages in bacteremia mice models. For this study, non-neutropenic mice (BalB/C) were infected with P. aeruginosa AB030 strain and treated using two bacteriophages, AP025 and AP006.

resultsThe results showed that a single dose of phages at higher concentrations, bacteria: phage at 1:10 and 1:100 were effective in eliminating the bloodstream infection and achieving 100% mice survival.

conclusionThis study highlights the efficacy of using a single dose of phages to restore mice from bacteremia.

Indexed as

BacteremiaBacteriophagesPseudomonas InfectionsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMyoviridaePseudomonas aeruginosaAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibiotic resistanceBloodstream infectionsIn vivo modelsPhage efficacyPhage therapyPseudomonas aeruginosa

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PMID35909125
PMCPMC9340724
OpenAlexW4289109240

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