Successful Treatment of Antibiotic-resistant, Poly-microbial Bone Infection With Bacteriophages and Antibiotics Combination.

Nir-Paz, Ran; Gelman, Daniel; Khouri, Ayman; Sisson, Brittany M; Fackler, Joseph; Alkalay-Oren, Sivan; Khalifa, Leron; Rimon, Amit et al. · Clin Infect Dis · 2019

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A patient with a trauma-related left tibial infection associated with extensively drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae was treated with bacteriophages and antibiotics. There was rapid tissue healing and positive culture eradication. As a result, the patient's leg did not have to be amputated and he is undergoing rehabilitation.

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