Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis in Mice: Effects of Topical Bacteriophage KPP12 Administration

The therapeutic effects of bacteriophage (phage) KPP12 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis were investigated in mice. Morphological analysis showed that phage KPP12 is a member of the family Myoviridae, morphotype A1, and DNA sequence analysis revealed that phage KPP12 is similar to PB1-like viruses...

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Main Authors: Fukuda, Ken, Ishida, Waka, Uchiyama, Jumpei, Rashel, Mohammad, Kato, Shin-ichiro, Morita, Tamae, Muraoka, Asako, Sumi, Tamaki, Matsuzaki, Shigenobu, Daibata, Masanori, Fukushima, Atsuki
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3474789/