IHEM 20887
INSTITUTO DE HISTOLOGIA Y EMBRIOLOGIA DE MENDOZA DR. MARIO H. BURGOS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Isolation, partial characterization of bacteriophages and screaning for susceptibility of a virulent Acinetobacter baumannii strains
Autor/es:
LETICIA V. BENTANCOR; MZIA KUTATELADZE; PABLO D. GHIRINGHELLI; TOMÁS MAIRA-LITRÁN; GERALD B. PIER
Lugar:
Tbilisi
Reunión:
Congreso; Centennial Celebration of Bacteriophage Research; 2017
Institución organizadora:
Eliava Institute / Pasteur Institute
Resumen:
Despite the emergence of Acinetobacter baumannii as a multidrug resistant worldwide pathogen with increasing prevalence, little isknow about its virulence mechanisms. Since phage-encoded virulence factors are found in many bacterial pathogens we identifiednovel phages in A. baumannii strain ATCC 17978 and characterized their potential role in virulence. A. baumannii bacteriophageswere also screened for bacteriophage library looking for bacteriophage therapy against multiresistant strain. We foundbacteriophage with different level of lyses, representing a promising therapeutic approach.
