Personalized bacteriophage therapy to treat pandrug-resistant spinal Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.
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Serval ID
serval:BIB_7F7461B53275
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Personalized bacteriophage therapy to treat pandrug-resistant spinal Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection.
Journal
Nature communications
ISSN
2041-1723 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
2041-1723
Publication state
Published
Issued date
22/07/2022
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
13
Number
1
Pages
4239
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: epublish
Publication Status: epublish
Abstract
Bone and joint infections (BJI) are one of the most difficult-to-treat bacterial infection, especially in the era of antimicrobial resistance. Lytic bacteriophages (phages for short) are natural viruses that can selectively target and kill bacteria. They are considered to have a high therapeutic potential for the treatment of severe bacterial infections and especially BJI, as they also target biofilms. Here we report on the management of a patient with a pandrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa spinal abscess who was treated with surgery and a personalized combination of phage therapy that was added to antibiotics. As the infecting P. aeruginosa strain was resistant to the phages developed by private companies that were contacted, we set up a unique European academic collaboration to find, produce and administer a personalized phage cocktail to the patient in due time. After two surgeries, despite bacterial persistence with expression of small colony variants, the patient healed with local and intravenous injections of purified phages as adjuvant therapy.
Keywords
Bacteriophages, Biofilms, Humans, Phage Therapy, Pseudomonas Infections/microbiology, Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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