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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="review-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Journal of microbiology, epidemiology and immunobiology</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Journal of microbiology, epidemiology and immunobiology</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Журнал микробиологии, эпидемиологии и иммунобиологии</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">0372-9311</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2686-7613</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Central Research Institute for Epidemiology</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">18691</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.36233/0372-9311-581</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="edn">rygxic</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>REVIEWS</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ОБЗОРЫ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Review Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Study of bacterial susceptibility to antibiotic and phage combinations: a literature review</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Определение чувствительности бактерий к комбинации антибиотиков и фагов: обзор литературы</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-3231</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Punchenko</surname><given-names>Olga E.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пунченко</surname><given-names>Ольга Евгеньевна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology, senior researcher, Laboratory of biomedical microecology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к. м. н., доцент, доцент кафедры медицинской микробиологии, с. н. с. лаб. биомедицинской микроэкологии</p></bio><email>olga.punchenko@szgmu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3480-8089</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gostev</surname><given-names>Vladimir V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гостев</surname><given-names>Владимир Валерьевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Cand. Sci. (Biol.), Associate Professor, Department of medical microbiology, senior researcher, Research department of medical microbiology and molecular epidemiology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к. б. н., доцент каф. медицинской микробиологии, с. н. с. научно-исследовательского отдела медицинской микробиологии и молекулярной эпидемиологии</p></bio><email>olga.punchenko@szgmu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0009-0575-9423</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Punchenko</surname><given-names>Elizaveta V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Пунченко</surname><given-names>Елизавета Викторовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>postgraduate student, Faculty of biotechnology</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант факультета биотехнологий</p></bio><email>olga.punchenko@szgmu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0002-3407-1635</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Savchenko</surname><given-names>Marina V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Савченко</surname><given-names>Марина Владимировна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>6th year student, Medical and preventive faculty</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>студентка 6-го курса медико-профилактического факультета</p></bio><email>olga.punchenko@szgmu.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Северо-Западный государственный медицинский университет имени И.И. Мечникова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Experimental Medicine</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт экспериментальной медицины</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Pediatric Research and Clinical Center for Infectious Diseases</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Детский научно-клинический центр инфекционных болезней ФМБА России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff4"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">ITMO University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет ИТМО</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2024-11-18" publication-format="electronic"><day>18</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></pub-date><volume>101</volume><issue>5</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>699</fpage><lpage>705</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2024-11-16"><day>16</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2024-11-16"><day>16</day><month>11</month><year>2024</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2024, Punchenko O.E., Gostev V.V., Punchenko E.V., Savchenko M.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2024, Пунченко О.Е., Гостев В.В., Пунченко Е.В., Савченко М.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2024</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Punchenko O.E., Gostev V.V., Punchenko E.V., Savchenko M.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Пунченко О.Е., Гостев В.В., Пунченко Е.В., Савченко М.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://microbiol.crie.ru/jour/article/view/18691">https://microbiol.crie.ru/jour/article/view/18691</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p><bold>The aim </bold>of the review is to describe existing laboratory methods for determining the sensitivity of bacteria to a combination of antibiotics and bacteriophages. However, more and more often there are scientific papers in which their combined action is described as synergism. The mechanisms of this phenomenon have not been fully studied, but it has been proven that not only virulent but also moderate phages can enter into synergy with antibiotics, allowing the minimum inhibitory concentration of the antibiotic to be reduced several times. Since synergy cannot yet be empirically predicted, microbiological laboratories use various <italic>in vitro</italic> methods, most of which are labor-intensive. The development of a new technique that can be introduced into the daily practice of microbiological laboratories is relevant.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p><bold>Цель</bold> обзора — дать описание существующих лабораторных методов для определения чувствительности бактерий к комбинации антибиотиков и бактериофагов.</p> <p>Бактериофаги до сих пор рассматриваются некоторыми исследователями как альтернатива антибиотикам. Но всё чаще встречаются научные работы, в которых их совместное действие описывается в виде синергизма. Механизмы этого явления до конца не изучены, однако доказано, что в синергию с антибиотиками могут вступать не только вирулентные, но и умеренные фаги, позволяя снизить минимальную подавляющую концентрацию антибиотика в несколько раз. Поскольку синергию эмпирически пока предсказать невозможно, в микробиологических лабораториях используют различные методы <italic>in vitro, </italic>большинство из которых являются трудоёмкими<italic>.</italic> Актуальна разработка новой методики, которая может быть внедрена в ежедневную практику микробиологических лабораторий.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>resistance</kwd><kwd>susceptibility</kwd><kwd>antibiotic</kwd><kwd>bacteriophage</kwd><kwd>synergy</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>резистентность</kwd><kwd>чувствительность</kwd><kwd>антибиотик</kwd><kwd>бактериофаг</kwd><kwd>синергия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Назаров П.А. Альтернативы антибиотикам: литические ферменты бактериофагов и фаговая терапия. Вестник Российского государственного медицинского университета. 2018;(1):5–15. Nazarov P.A. 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