Phage Alerts
Alerts are sent when phages are needed to help treat urgent infections. If you are able and willing to provide phages, please help us by joining the alerts service.
If you need phages, please email us at [email protected] or tweet us @phagedirectory
Urgent need for Peptostreptococcus/Finegoldia phages for a patient in Canada
We are urgently seeking Peptostreptococcus/Finegoldia phages for a patient in Canada.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Achromobacter phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Achromobacter phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Stenotrophomonas phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Stenotrophomonas phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Campylobacter phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Campylobacter phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Burkholderia multivorans and Pandoraea species phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans and Pandoraea species phages for a patient.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Klebsiella aerogenes phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Klebsiella aerogenes phages for a patient.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient in the UK
We are urgently seeking Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient in the UK.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Burkholderia multivorans phages for CF patient in France
We are urgently seeking Burkholderia multivorans phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in France
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient in Canada
We are urgently seeking Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient in Canada
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii phages for a patient in Singapore
We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii phages for a patient in Singapore
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Staphylococcus aureus (Vancomycin Intermediate) phages for a patient in Singapore
We are urgently seeking Staphylococcus aureus (Vancomycin Intermediate) phages for a patient in Singapore
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving the patient’s strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Haemophilus influenzae phages for patient in Switzerland
We are urgently seeking Haemophilus influenzae phages for patient in Switzerland
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Mycobacterium abscessus phages for patient in Singapore
We are urgently seeking Mycobacterium abscessus phages for patient in Singapore.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Klebsiella phages for patient in the UK
We are urgently seeking Klebsiella phages for patient in the UK.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
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Urgent need for Corynebacterium striatum phages for patient with a prosthetic joint infection in the USA
We are urgently seeking Corynebacterium striatum phages for patient with a prosthetic joint infection in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a patient in Portugal
We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a patient in Portugal.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Mycobacterium abscessus phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Mycobacterium abscessus phages for a patient in the USA. (The Hatfull lab has already screened theirs, with no matches, but if anyone has any others, we’d love to know!). There are two isolates; one smooth, one rough.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Helicobacter pylori phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Helicobacter pylori phages for a patient in the USA
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Enterobacter cloacae phages for a patient in the UK
We are urgently seeking Enterobacter cloacae phages for a patient in the UK.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
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Urgent need for Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Morganella morganii phages for a patient in Saudi Arabia
We are urgently seeking Proteus mirabilis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae and Morganella morganii phages for a patient in Saudi Arabia. This is a multi-pathogen infection and would be the first phage therapy case in Saudi Arabia.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strains
- By receiving one or more of the patient’s strains and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain(s) and using it/them to search for new phages
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Serratia phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Serratia phages for a patient in the USA
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Aerococcus urinae, Corynebacterium sp. CDC group F-1, Proteus mirabilis, and Mycobacterium abscessus phages for patients in Canada
We are urgently seeking Aerococcus urinae, Corynebacterium sp. CDC group F-1, Proteus mirabilis, and Mycobacterium abscessus phages for patients in Canada.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Morganella phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Morganella phages for a patient in the USA
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Mycobacterium avium phages for a patient in Belgium
We are urgently seeking Mycobacterium avium phages for a patient in Belgium
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Haemophilis parainfluenza phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Haemophilis parainfluenza phages for a patient in the USA
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Klebsiella variicola phages for a patient in Germany
We are urgently seeking Klebsiella variicola phages for a patient in Germany
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Pseudomonas aeruginosa and MSSA phages for a patient in the USA
We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By offering to prepare phages supplied by others to clinical grade
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Mycobacterium kansasii phages for a patient in Germany
We are urgently seeking Mycobacterium kansasii phages for a patient in Germany (chronic but serious case).
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a patient in Switzerland
[Thanks to the 15+ labs who have responded!! We’ll be in touch soon with next steps!]
We are urgently seeking Pseudomonas aeruginosa phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in Switzerland. (More than 140 phages have already been tested, but this patient strain is resistant to all of them so far!)
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Stenotrophomonas phages for a patient in the USA
[Thanks to the 3 labs who have responded!]
We are urgently seeking Stenotrophomonas phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Mycobacterium abscessus phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Mycobacterium abscessus (smooth colony) phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Klebsiella pneumoniae phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Klebsiella pneumoniae phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Bacillus simplex phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Bacillus simplex phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Burkholderia gladioli phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Burkholderia gladioli phages for a patient in Germany.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Propionibacterium avidum phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Propionibacterium avidum phages for a patient in Germany.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL)-E. coli phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (ESBL) E. coli phages for a cystic fibrosis patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Acinetobacter baumannii phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Acinetobacter baumannii phages for a patient in Switzerland.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By receiving the strain and using it to search for new phages against the organism
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Chryseobacterium indologenes phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Chryseobacterium indologenes phages for a patient in Europe.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
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Urgent need for Propionibacterium acnes phages for a patient with osteomyelitis
We are urgently seeking Propionibacterium acnes phages for a patient in Europe.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By providing information on best practices for cultivating P. acnes and its phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Staphylococcus epidermidis phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Citrobacter freundii phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Citrobacter freundii phages (and phage manufacturing capacity) for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By preparing clinical-grade phage preparations for this patient (one phage already identified, need manufacturing partner)
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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Urgent need for Burkholderia cepacia phages for a patient
We are urgently seeking Burkholderia cepacia phages for a patient in the USA.
Ways to help at this stage:
- By sending your phages for testing on the patient’s strain
- By receiving the strain and testing your phages
- By helping spread the word about this request
- By providing us with names/email addresses of labs you think we should contact
Please email [email protected] if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.
Let’s make a difference,
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