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 staff@phage.directory if you can help in any way, or if you would like further details/clarification.

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