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Review
. 2026 Jan 6.
doi: 10.1007/s12223-025-01394-x. Online ahead of print.

Potential of phage therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot infections

Sanaz Rastegar  1   2 , Davood Kalantar-Neyestanaki  2   3 , Saereh Mohammadpour  4 , Ali Samareh  5 , Mohammad Samare-Najaf  6 , Majid Taati Moghadam  7 , Salehe Sabouri  8   9 , Hossein Hosseini-Nave  10   11
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Review

Potential of phage therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot infections

Sanaz Rastegar et al. Folia Microbiol (Praha). .
No abstract available

Keywords: Bacteriophage; Biofilms; Diabetic foot infections; Drug resistance; Phage therapy.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Ethics approval: The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kerman University of Medical Sciences (Ethics code IR.KMU.REC.1403.247.). Clinical trial number: Not applicable. Conflict of interest: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.

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