Development of a phage cocktail to control Proteus mirabilis catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Melo, Luís D R ^a   Veiga, Patrícia ^a   Cerca, Nuno ^a   Kropinski, Andrew M ^b   Almeida, Carina ^a   Azeredo, Joana ^a   Sillankorva, Sanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage therapy; Bacteriophages; Biofilms; Phage cocktail; Proteus mirabilis; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH CURVE; INHIBITION ZONE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84980360847     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01024     Document Type: Article

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