Research Institute of Transplantology and Artificial Organ, Tarasevich State Research Institute for Standardization and Control of Medical Biological Preparations, Moscow, Russia
The sensitivity of 239 isolates obtained from patients with postoperative infectious complications to phagolysis was determined. Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli were found to have the highest sensitivity to phages. Variations in the sensitivity of the same cultures to phages from different producers and even from the same producer were established. The sensitivity of cultures to phages may serve as an additional criterion of the biological properties of strains and their marker.
Zh. Mikrobiol. (Moscow), 2004, No. 6, P. 6—10