Guntur team reports phage therapy success against drug-resistant infections

Guntur researchers have made promising progress with bacteriophage therapy, successfully treating multidrug-resistant infections. The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases (IJID Regions), also received support from the Sree Padmavathi Venkateswara Foundation. Dr. Kalyan Chakravarthy Koganti, a sepsis and infectious diseases specialist at SHRI Hospital, highlighted the potential benefits for patients unresponsive to conventional antibiotics.

One patient, suffering from a persistent knee wound caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, underwent phage therapy and fully recovered, remaining infection-free nine months later. The research team, including Dr. Sutharsan Govindarajan, Dr. Sandeep Nadendla, Dr. Raviteja Yarlagadda, and Dr. Ramakrishna Prasad K., developed bacteriophages and provided clinical support.