Research Article
Isolation of Potential Phages against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Isolates: Promising Agents in the Rivers of Kathmandu, Nepal
Table 2
Escherichia coli phages (ΦEC) and their infectivity.
| | S. number | Isolates | ΦEC1 | ΦEC2 | ΦEC3 | ΦEC4 | ΦEC5 | ΦEC6 | ΦEC7 | ΦEC8 | ΦEC9 | ΦEC10 |
| | (1) | Escherichia coli | + + + + | + + + + | + + | + + + | + + + | + + | + + | + + | + + | ++ | | (2) | Klebsiella spp. | + + + | + + + | + + | + + + | − | − | + + | − | − | − | | (3) | Enterobacter spp. | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (4) | Proteus spp. | − | − | − | − | + + + | − | − | − | − | + | | (5) | Pseudomonas spp. | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (6) | Serratia spp. | − | + | + | + | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (7) | Salmonella spp. | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (8) | Citrobacter spp. | + + + + | + + + | + + + + | + + + | + + | + | − | − | − | − | | (9) | ESBL1 (bla-SHV + bla-TEM) | + + + | + + + | − | + + + | + + + + | + | + | + | + | + | | (10) | ESBL6 (bla-TEM) | + + | + + | + | + + | + + + | + + | − | − | − | + | | (11) | ESBL8 (bla-TEM) | + + | + + | + | + + | + | + | + | + | + | + | | (12) | ESBL13 (bla-TEM) | + + + + | + + + + | + + + + | + + + + | − | − | − | − | − | + | | (13) | ESBL15 (bla-TEM) | + + + | + + | + + | + + | + | + | − | − | + | + | | (14) | ESBL 22 (bla-CTX-M) | + + + | + + + | + + + | + + + | + + | + | − | + | + | + | | (15) | MBL1 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (16) | MBL2 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (17) | MBL5 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (18) | MBL10 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (19) | MBL34 | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | | (20) | MDR Pseudomonas | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − | − |
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(+4 = very effective, +3 = fairly effective, +2 = moderately effective, +1 = slightly effective, (−) = not effective, ΦEC = phage against Escherichia coli.)
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