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ArticleInfectious diseases and therapy2025

Detection of Phage's Lytic Activity Against Carbapenemase-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolates Using a High-Throughput Microbroth Growth Inhibition Assay.

Paschalis Paranos, Spyros Pournaras, Joseph Meletiadis

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Paschalis ParanosClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Spyros PournarasClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Joseph MeletiadisClinical Microbiology Laboratory, Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. jmeletiadis@med.uoa.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8869-1509

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introductionThe host range of phages is usually assessed with the agar overlay method. However, this method is both cumbersome and subjective. Therefore, a microbroth assay was developed to assess host range and lytic activity patterns of phages in the agar overlay method against a collection of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) isolates.

methodsThe host range of 11 K. pneumoniae-specific phages against 8 non-repetitive well-characterized CRKP isolates was assessed with the agar overlay method and a microbroth assay by monitoring optical density (OD) at 630 nm for 24 h at different phage concentrations (5 × 10

resultsStatistically significant differences of growth inhibition at 6 and 24 h for phage concentrations ≥ 5 × 10

conclusionsThe microbroth growth inhibition assay provided fast, reliable, and objective results for K. pneumoniae phage host-range lytic activity differentiating different patterns of lysis in a high-throughput format.

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BacteriophagesGrowth curvesHost rangeKlebsiella pneumoniae

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PMCPMC11782791

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