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ArticleViruses2024

Isolation and Antibiofilm Activity of Bacteriophages against

Baixing Chen, Marco Chittò, Siyuan Tao, Jeroen Wagemans, Rob Lavigne, R Geoff Richards, Willem-Jan Metsemakers, T Fintan Moriarty

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Article in Viruses, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Baixing ChenDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Marco ChittòAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9813-9515
Siyuan TaoLaboratory for Biointerfaces, Empa, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Jeroen WagemansLaboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2185-5724
Rob LavigneLaboratory of Gene Technology, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7377-1314
R Geoff RichardsAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-7778-2480
Willem-Jan MetsemakersDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4114-9093
T Fintan MoriartyAO Research Institute Davos, 7270 Davos, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2307-0397

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfections following shoulder surgery, particularly periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), are challenging to treat.

methodsNine phages with lytic activity were isolated from the skin of humans using

resultsThe isolated phages displayed lytic activity against a range of

conclusionsOur preclinical findings support the potential of phage therapy as a viable adjunct to traditional antibiotics for treating

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BacteriophagesBiofilmsProsthesis-Related InfectionsBacterial LoadGram-Positive Bacterial InfectionsHost SpecificityHumansPhage TherapyPropionibacteriaceaebacteriophagebiofilmCutibacterium acnesfracture-related infectionperi-prosthetic joint infectionphage

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PMID39459925
PMCPMC11512206

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