The virus – given an Indigenous name that translates to “dangerous Merri lurker” in English – has the potential to save patients who develop pneumonia and infections in hospitals.
, have discovered in Merri Creek water a previously unknown bacteriophage, which kills a common superbug found in hospitals worldwide.and can cause pneumonia, wound infections and even meningitis in patients it infects.
Researchers took a water sample from the creek in Coburg North and tested it to establish whether there was phage in the creek.Credit:“The Klebsiella we were using as the bait to try to find a phage is one that’s isolated from patients at The Alfred hospital,” Lithgow said.
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