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Antiphage activity of sera during phage therapy in relation to its outcome

    Marzanna Łusiak-Szelachowska

    *Author for correspondence:

    E-mail Address: marzena@iitd.pan.wroc.pl

    Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (HIIET PAS), Wrocław, Poland

    ,
    Maciej Żaczek

    Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (HIIET PAS), Wrocław, Poland

    ,
    Beata Weber-Dąbrowska

    Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (HIIET PAS), Wrocław, Poland

    Phage Therapy Unit, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

    ,
    Ryszard Międzybrodzki

    Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (HIIET PAS), Wrocław, Poland

    Phage Therapy Unit, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

    Department of Clinical Immunology, Transplantation Institute, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    ,
    Sławomir Letkiewicz

    Phage Therapy Unit, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

    Medical Sciences Institute, Katowice School of Economics, Katowice, Poland

    ,
    Wojciech Fortuna

    Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (HIIET PAS), Wrocław, Poland

    Phage Therapy Unit, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

    ,
    Paweł Rogóż

    Phage Therapy Unit, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

    ,
    Krzysztof Szufnarowski

    Phage Therapy Unit, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

    ,
    Ewa Jończyk-Matysiak

    Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (HIIET PAS), Wrocław, Poland

    ,
    Ewa Olchawa

    IBSS BIOMED S.A., Cracow, Poland

    ,
    Kinga M Walaszek

    Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    &
    Andrzej Górski

    Laboratory of Bacteriophages, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences (HIIET PAS), Wrocław, Poland

    Phage Therapy Unit, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology & Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wrocław, Poland

    Department of Clinical Immunology, Transplantation Institute, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Published Online:https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2016-0156

    Aim: The aim was to study the association between the phage neutralization of patients’ sera and the clinical outcome of phage therapy (PT). Patients: About 62 patients with various bacterial infections receiving PT as well as 30 healthy volunteers were studied. Materials & methods: Antiphage activity of sera (AAS) was examined using the phage neutralization test of different types of phages before and during PT in relation to the route of phage administration and correlated with the results of PT. Results & conclusion: The analysis of the association between AAS level and clinical results indicated that the level of AAS is not correlated with the outcome of PT.

    Papers of special note have been highlighted as: • of interest; •• of considerable interest

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