Research Article

Isolation of Potential Phages against Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Isolates: Promising Agents in the Rivers of Kathmandu, Nepal

Table 5

Serratia phages (ΦSER) and their infectivity.

S. numberIsolatesΦSER1ΦSER2ΦSER3ΦSER4ΦSER5ΦSER6ΦSER7ΦSER8ΦSER9ΦSER10

(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)ESBL22 (bla-CTX-M)++ ++ ++ +
(15)MBL1+
(16)MBL2++++++
(17)MBL5+
(18)MBL10+
(19)MBL34+
(20)MDR Pseudomonas+ ++ +