Harnessing lytic phages for biofilm control in carbapenem-resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> causing urinary tract infection

Dipendra Kumar Mandal, Elisha Upadhyaya, Puja Dahal, Gaurav Adhikari, Rojina Pandey, Abdul Rehaman Miya, Sudip Timilsina, Pragya Sapkota, Shobha Amagain, David Pun, Kundan Khadka, Keshab Gorathoki, Bijita Neupane, Sangharsika Chaudhary, Sushila Thapa, Binod Khadka, Gun Raj Dhungana, Gorkha Raj Giri, Pragati Pradhan, Krishna Das Manandhar, Roshan Nepal, Rajindra Napit, Rajani Malla

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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.03397-25
Published: 2026-07-07
Container: Microbiology Spectrum
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@article{allodium:10.1128/spectrum.03397-25,
  title = {Harnessing lytic phages for biofilm control in carbapenem-resistant
                    <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>
                    causing urinary tract infection},
  author = {Dipendra Kumar Mandal and Elisha Upadhyaya and Puja Dahal and Gaurav Adhikari and Rojina Pandey and Abdul Rehaman Miya and Sudip Timilsina and Pragya Sapkota and Shobha Amagain and David Pun and Kundan Khadka and Keshab Gorathoki and Bijita Neupane and Sangharsika Chaudhary and Sushila Thapa and Binod Khadka and Gun Raj Dhungana and Gorkha Raj Giri and Pragati Pradhan and Krishna Das Manandhar and Roshan Nepal and Rajindra Napit and Rajani Malla},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Microbiology Spectrum},
  doi = {10.1128/spectrum.03397-25},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03397-25}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Harnessing lytic phages for biofilm control in carbapenem-resistant
                    <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i>
                    causing urinary tract infection
AU  - Dipendra Kumar Mandal
AU  - Elisha Upadhyaya
AU  - Puja Dahal
AU  - Gaurav Adhikari
AU  - Rojina Pandey
AU  - Abdul Rehaman Miya
AU  - Sudip Timilsina
AU  - Pragya Sapkota
AU  - Shobha Amagain
AU  - David Pun
AU  - Kundan Khadka
AU  - Keshab Gorathoki
AU  - Bijita Neupane
AU  - Sangharsika Chaudhary
AU  - Sushila Thapa
AU  - Binod Khadka
AU  - Gun Raj Dhungana
AU  - Gorkha Raj Giri
AU  - Pragati Pradhan
AU  - Krishna Das Manandhar
AU  - Roshan Nepal
AU  - Rajindra Napit
AU  - Rajani Malla
PY  - 2026
JO  - Microbiology Spectrum
DO  - 10.1128/spectrum.03397-25
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03397-25
ER  -

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Mandal, D. K., Upadhyaya, E., Dahal, P., Adhikari, G., Pandey, R., Miya, A. R., Timilsina, S., Sapkota, P., Amagain, S., Pun, D., Khadka, K., Gorathoki, K., Neupane, B., Chaudhary, S., Thapa, S., Khadka, B., Dhungana, G. R., Giri, G. R., Pradhan, P., Manandhar, K. D., Nepal, R., Napit, R., & Malla, R. (2026). Harnessing lytic phages for biofilm control in carbapenem-resistant <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> causing urinary tract infection. Microbiology Spectrum. https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.03397-25

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