[NOVEL APPROACH TO COMPOSITION OF, BACTERIOPHAGE MIXTURES FOR ANTIBACTERIAL THERAPY].

AIM: Evaluate antibacterial activity of an experimental mixture of phages, belonging to several well-studied species. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was carried out using a group of 55 clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains of various origins,- 4 mono-species mixtures of 32 virulent bacteriophages (species phiKZ-, phiKMV-, phiPBl-, PaP3-like phages) and 2 novel phages, phiMK (species PaK-P2) and phiPerm5. Activity of preparations from mono-species mixtures of bacteriophages ofvarious species were compared with activity of 3 commercial mixtures. Standard methods of study of bacteriophages were used: determination of lytic activity by seeding onto bacterial lawns of P. aeruginosa, restriction analysis of phage DNA for confirmation of their be- longing to certain species. RESULTS: Cumulative activity of 6 mono-species mixtures of virulent phages was shown to be similar to lytic activity of commercial therapeutic mixtures used against P. aeruginosa infections. 54 of 55 strains of clinical isolates of P: aeruginosa showed sensitivity to experimental mixtures composed of mono-species mixtures of bacteriophages. 53 strains were lysed by commercial preparations. Wherein the possibility of accidental inclusion of moderate -bacteriophages in the experimental mixture is excluded. CONCLUSION: A possibility of creation of highly active therapeutic antibacterial preparations against P. aeruginosa using mono-species mixtures of 6 species of lytic bacteriophages is shown Use of such a mixture in therapy of lung infections reduces the risk of emergence of bacterial strains with increased virulence and patho- genicity during prolonged administration.

[Effect of the development phase and growth rate of a Shigella sonnei population on the reproduction of homologous bacteriophage]. / Vliianie fazy razvitiia i skorosti rosta populiatsii Shigella sonnei na reproduktsiiu gomologichnogo bakteriofaga.

This study showed that the minimum latent period (20 minutes) of the intracellular multiplication of dysentery bacteriophage S-9 in the population of S. sonnei substrate strain under the conditions of static heterogeneous surface batch cultivation was observed at the end of the lag phase and at the growth acceleration phase, in the first and second thirds of the exponential curve, while the maximum latent period (35-40 minutes) was observed at the stationary phase. The maximum yield of phage S-9 from one infected bacterial cell (628.3 +/- 116.8) was registered during the first third of the phase of the exponential growth of the bacterial population and the minimum yield (18.66 +/- 6.6), at the beginning of the lag phase. The significant direct correlation between the specific growth rate of the bacterial population and the yield of the phage from one infected bacterial cell at the end of the lag phase, at the growth acceleration and deceleration phases, as well as the significant inverse correlation between the yield of the phage and the time of the generation of the bacterial population at the growth acceleration phase were established.

[The efficacy of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteriophage in the therapy of experimental Klebsiella infection]. / Effektivnost' bakteriofaga Klebsiella pneumoniae pri terapii éksperimental'noi klebsielleznoi infektsii.

The effectiveness of specific phage therapy was studied on Klebsiella experimental sepsis in noninbred white mice, caused by the intraperitoneal injection of K. pneumoniae highly virulent strain K2 5055 into the animals. For treatment, Klebsiella polyvalent bacteriophage administered on day 2 after the infection of the animals with Klebsiella was used. The study revealed that bacteriophage could be detected in the blood and internal organs of the animals within 24 hours irrespective of the route of its administration: intraperitoneal, intravenous or intranasal. The bacteriophage preparation, introduced intraperitoneally, was shown to be effective in the treatment of generalized Klebsiella infection. One daily intraperitoneal injection of Klebsiella bacteriophage for 15-20 days proved to be the optimum scheme of treatment. In contrast to chemotherapeutic preparations, bacteriophages had no effect on normal microflora and did not aggravate dysbiotic disturbances. For this reason, bacteriophages may become one of alternative antimicrobial remedies, selectively affecting infective agents.

[Effect of the conditions for dynamic homogeneous batch stab cultivation on the reproductive process in Shigella sonnei bacteriophages]. / Vliianie uslovii periodicheskogo dinamicheskogo gomogennogo glubinnogo kul'tivirovaniia na protsess reproduktsii bakteriofagov SHigella sonnei.

The use of the bacterial population, exponentially multiplying in the newly developed cultivation process, ensures the optimum conditions for the dynamic batch cultivation of S. sonnei bacteriophages. The yield of bacteriophage biomass has been found to depend on the concentration of bacterial cells, the oxygen saturation of the medium and the concentration of glucose and amino acids in the medium.

[Morphology of Newcastle bacteriophages]. / Morfologiia bakteriofagov N'iukasl

A study was made of morphology of 6 clones of Newcastle bacteriophages of different origin divided into 3 types. Bacteriophage H-18 referred to the III morphological type by the Tikhonenko classification was characterized by a comparatively short process and a head in the form of an isometric polyhedron; H-1, H-5, H-10 and H-17 bacteriophages referred to type V, despite their antigenic difference were morphologically identical: they had a comparatively large head in the form of an elongated polyhedron and a process with a complicated structure ending by a besal plate with 3 indentions originating from it. Bacteriophage H-4 was referred to the IV type and was characterized by a head in the form of an elongated polyhedron and a long curved noncontracting process; in difference from the others it had no basal plate on the end of the process. The revealed morphological peculiarities of the particles of the Newcastle bacteriophages only partially correlated with their division on the basis of serolological properties and the size of the negative colonies.

[Immunobiological properties and therapeutic effectiveness of preparations from Klebsiella bacteriophages]. / Immunobiologicheskie svoistva i terapevticheskaia éffektivnost' preparatov bakteriofagov klebsiell.

The purified preparations of Klebsiella bacteriophages, viz. the monovalent preparation of K. pneumoniae bacteriophage and the polyvalent bacteriophage preparation for the treatment of infections caused by K. ozaenae, K. rhinoscleromatis scleromatis and K. pneumoniae sensu lato, have been obtained. The bacteriophage preparations have proved to be nontoxic and safe for laboratory animals after the intraperitoneal injection of these preparations followed by the pathomorphological study of the internal organs of the animals. The clinical study of the newly developed bacteriophage preparations in the course of the treatment of purulent inflammatory diseases in 109 patients has revealed that the preparations are not reactogenic and exhibit sufficient effectiveness in the therapy of ozena, rhinoscleroma and Klebsiella infections with different localization of the infectious process.