Isolation of bacteriophages against multidrug resistant .

Increasing multiple drug resistant (MDR) strains of has aggravated curiosity in development of alternative therapy. Bacteriophages are often considered as alternative agents for controlling infections. In the present study two lytic phages for MDR were isolated and their efficacy and host ranges were evaluated. The phages were isolated from hospital wastewater. Electron microscopy revealed that IsfAB78 might belong to and IsfAB39 to . Initial characterization of phages showed that they have narrow host range and failed to infect relative and non-relative bacteria. Both phages decreased the turbidity significantly, indicating that these isolated phages may be considered as candidates for phage therapy.