Kalapala, YC and Sharma, PR and Agarwal, R (2020) Antimycobacterial Potential of Mycobacteriophage Under Disease-Mimicking Conditions. In: Frontiers in Microbiology, 11 .
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Abstract
Antibiotic resistance continues to be a major global health risk with an increase in multi-drug resistant infections seen across nearly all bacterial diseases. Mycobacterial infections such as Tuberculosis (TB) and Non-Tuberculosis infections have seen a significant increase in the incidence of multi-drug resistant and extensively drug-resistant infections. With this increase in drug-resistant Mycobacteria, mycobacteriophage therapy offers a promising alternative. However, a comprehensive study on the infection dynamics of mycobacteriophage against their host bacteria and the evolution of bacteriophage (phage) resistance in the bacteria remains elusive. We aim to study the infection dynamics of a phage cocktail against Mycobacteria under various pathophysiological conditions such as low pH, low growth rate and hypoxia. We show that mycobacteriophages are effective against M. smegmatis under various conditions and the phage cocktail prevents emergence of resistance for long durations. Although the phages are able to amplify after infection, the initial multiplicity of infection plays an important role in reducing the bacterial growth and prolonging efficacy. Mycobacteriophages are effective against antibiotic-resistant strains of Mycobacterium and show synergy with antibiotics such as rifampicin and isoniazid. Finally, we also show that mycobacteriophages are efficient against M. tuberculosis both under lag and log phase for several weeks. These findings have important implications for developing phage therapy for Mycobacterium. © Copyright © 2020 Kalapala, Sharma and Agarwal.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Publication: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
| Publisher: | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Additional Information: | Copyright to this article belongs to Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Department/Centre: | Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences > Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jan 2021 10:33 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jan 2021 10:33 |
| URI: | http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/67609 |
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