Background: Ovarian cancer is the fifth most common malignancy among women and the second most common gynaecological malignancy. Surface epithelial ovarian tumours constitute two-thirds of all ovarian tumours. Most high-grade serous carcinoma patients gain an initial complete response but eventually succumb to relapse and death leaving the overall survival grim.
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April 2015
Acinetobacter baumannii, a substantial nosocomial pathogen, has developed resistance to almost all available antimicrobial drugs. Bacteriophage therapy is a possible alternative treatment for multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacterial infections. In this study, we have successfully isolated bacteriophage active against clinical strains of A.
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