Lytic potential of a filamentous bacteriophage isolated from sewage water in Tehran on clinical carbapenem-resistant strains

Background and Objectives: Acinetobacter baumannii (A. baumannii), an opportunistic pathogen, has been isolated from sewage, soil, and hospital wards. The prevalence of multidrug-resistance A. baumannii has seriously caused a health crisis in hospital settings. Bacteriophages have been used as an a...

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Published in:	Iranian Journal of Microbiology
Main Authors:	Keyvan Esmaeili-Fard-Barzegar, Shahin Najar-Peerayeh, Ramin Mazaheri Nezhad Fard, Bita Bakhshi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022-10-01
Subjects:	Bacteriophage; Acinetobacter baumannii; Sewage; Drug resistance; Inoviridae
Online Access:	https://ijm.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijm/article/view/3677