Viruses, Vol. 14, Pages 2614: Bacteriophage Cocktails in the Post-COVID Rehabilitation

Viruses, Vol. 14, Pages 2614: Bacteriophage Cocktails in the Post-COVID Rehabilitation Viruses doi: 10.3390/v14122614 Authors: Fedor M. Zurabov Ekaterina A. Chernevskaya Natalia V. Beloborodova Alexander Yu. Zurabov Marina V. Petrova Mikhail Ya. Yadgarov Valentina M. Popova Oleg E. Fatuev Vladislav E. Zakharchenko Marina M. Gurkova Ekaterina A. Sorokina Egor A. Glazunov Tatiana A. Kochetova Victoria V. Uskevich Artem N. Kuzovlev Andrey V. Grechko Increasing evidence suggests that gut dysbiosis is associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection and may persist long after disease resolution. The excessive use of antimicrobials in patients with COVID-19 can lead to additional destruction of the microbiota, as well as to the growth and spread of antimicrobial resistance. The problem of bacterial resistance to antibiotics encourages the search for alternative methods of limiting bacterial growth and restoring the normal balance of the microbiota in the human body. Bacteriophages are promising candidates as potential regulators of the microbiota. In the present study, two complex phage cocktails targeting multiple bacterial species were used in the rehabilitation of thirty patients after COVID-19, and the effectiveness of the bacteriophages against the clinical strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae was evaluated for the first time using real-time visualization on a 3D Cell Explorer microscope. Application of phage cocktails for two week...
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