Bacteriophages in clinical samples can interfere with microbiological diagnostic tools
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Bacteriophages in clinical samples can interfere with microbiological diagnostic tools
Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, and they are found everywhere their bacterial hosts are present, including the human body. To explore the presence of phages in clinical samples, we assessed 65 clinical samples (blood, ascitic fluid, urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and serum). Infectious tailed phages were detected in >45% of ascitic fluid and urine samples. Three examples of phage ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep33000