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Acinetobacter baumannii is an opportunistic pathogen that is mostly associated with hospital-acquired infections. The rapid emergence of multi- and pan-drug-resistant Acinetobacter strains poses an increasing challenge in hospitals. Phage therapy offers one treatment option for infections caused by A. baumannii. We isolated three phages from Beninese hospital wastewater – fBenAci001, fBenAci002, and fBenAci003 – that infected clinical A. baumannii strains from Finnish patients. Phylogenetic analysis showed that these phages resemble phages of the genus Friunavirus, family Autographiviridae. The isolated phages meet the requirements set for phages used for phage therapy. However, they were found to have a narrow host range, which may limit their therapeutic use.
Originalspråkengelska
Artikelnummer228
TidskriftArchives of Virology
Volym168
Nummer9
Antal sidor7
ISSN1432-8798
DOI
StatusPublicerad - sep. 2023
MoE-publikationstypA1 Tidskriftsartikel-refererad

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  • 11832 Mikrobiologi och virologi

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