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bioRxiv
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Mar 25, 2026
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首次在尿液条件下验证噬菌体对耐药菌的裂解活性,发现尿液环境抑制耐药突变体生长;鉴定出三种基因组特征明确的新型噬菌体,其中EDIRA092对29%临床分离株有效,为噬菌体治疗尿路感染提供候选方案。
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📄 原文题目

Lytic bacteriophages active in urine against multi-drug resistant clinically derived Klebsiella pneumoniae causing urinary tract infection

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💡 AI 核心解读

首次在尿液条件下验证噬菌体对耐药菌的裂解活性,发现尿液环境抑制耐药突变体生长;鉴定出三种基因组特征明确的新型噬菌体,其中EDIRA092对29%临床分离株有效,为噬菌体治疗尿路感染提供候选方案。

📝 英文原版摘要

Objectives Multidrug-resistant (MDR) Klebsiella pneumoniae is an increasingly important cause of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs), particularly in high-risk patients such as those with neurogenic bladder, where therapeutic options are limited. Bacteriophage therapy represents a promising alternative, but pre-clinical models and characterization of phages active against UTI-derived strains remain scarce. We therefore aimed to isolate and characterize bacteriophages targeting a clinical MDR K. pneumoniae strain causing recurrent UTI and evaluate their activity under urinary conditions. Methods Three bacteriophages were isolated from environmental samples using an ESBL-producing K. pneumoniae clinical isolate obtained from a neurogenic bladder patient. Phages were characterized by genome sequencing, electron microscopy, stability assays, one-step growth curves, and host-range analysis across 79 clinical UTI isolates. Phage activity was quantified in LB medium and human urine using bacterial growth kinetics and a lytic activity score. Results Three lytic phages from the former siphoviridae family (EDIRA083, EDIRA088, and EDIRA092) belonging to distinct genera were identified. Genomic analysis confirmed the absence of lysogeny-associated, virulence, or antibiotic-resistance genes. Latent periods ranged from 8 to 40 minutes and burst sizes from 38 to 170 virions per infected bacterium. Host-range analysis revealed narrow activity for EDIRA083 and EDIRA088, whereas EDIRA092 infected 29% of the 79 clinical isolates tested. In liquid phage infection assays, overall lytic activity was consistently higher and more sustained in human urine than in LB, suggesting reduced fitness of resistant mutants under urinary conditions. Conclusions These results identify three genetica
lly distinct lytic phages targeting MDR K. pneumoniae and highlight the importance of testing phage activity under infection-relevant conditions. Their activity in urine supports further evaluation of these phages as candidates for therapeutic development against MDR Klebsiella UTI.
来自历史性的莫罗地块的首个宏基因组拼接基因组揭示管理相关古菌氨氧化菌的优势工程改造假单胞菌KT2440用于混合塑料的开环升级回收
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