Composition of Bacteriophages for Therapeutic and Prophylactic Use in Monkeys.

Keeping rhesus monkeys as laboratory animals requires timely prevention and treatment of infections, including diseases of bacterial etiology. Based on our own studies of the microflora of healthy and sick monkeys, as well as analysis of published reports, we identified clinically significant representatives of pathogenic and opportunistic bacteria: E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella spp.