Processing Phage Therapy Requests in a Brussels Military Hospital: Lessons Identified

There is a growing interest in phage therapy as a complementary tool against antimicrobial resistant infections. Since 2007, phages have been used sporadically to treat bacterial infections in well-defined cases in the Queen Astrid military hospital (QAMH) in Brussels, Belgium. In the last two years...

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Autores principales: Djebara, Sarah, Maussen, Christiane, De Vos, Daniel, Merabishvili, Maya, Damanet, Benjamin, Pang, Kim Win, De Leenheer, Peggy, Strachinaru, Isabella, Soentjens, Patrick, Pirnay, Jean-Paul
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30884879
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v11030265
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author Djebara, Sarah
Maussen, Christiane
De Vos, Daniel
Merabishvili, Maya
Damanet, Benjamin
Pang, Kim Win
De Leenheer, Peggy
Strachinaru, Isabella
Soentjens, Patrick
Pirnay, Jean-Paul
author_facet Djebara, Sarah
Maussen, Christiane
De Vos, Daniel
Merabishvili, Maya
Damanet, Benjamin
Pang, Kim Win
De Leenheer, Peggy
Strachinaru, Isabella
Soentjens, Patrick
Pirnay, Jean-Paul
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description There is a growing interest in phage therapy as a complementary tool against antimicrobial resistant infections. Since 2007, phages have been used sporadically to treat bacterial infections in well-defined cases in the Queen Astrid military hospital (QAMH) in Brussels, Belgium. In the last two years, external requests for phage therapy have increased significantly. From April 2013 to April 2018, 260 phage therapy requests were addressed to the QAMH. Of these 260 requests, only 15 patients received phage therapy. In this paper, we analyze the phage therapy requests and outcomes in order to improve upon the overall capacity for phage therapy at the QAMH.
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spelling pubmed-64660672019-04-18 Processing Phage Therapy Requests in a Brussels Military Hospital: Lessons Identified Djebara, Sarah Maussen, Christiane De Vos, Daniel Merabishvili, Maya Damanet, Benjamin Pang, Kim Win De Leenheer, Peggy Strachinaru, Isabella Soentjens, Patrick Pirnay, Jean-Paul Viruses Communication There is a growing interest in phage therapy as a complementary tool against antimicrobial resistant infections. Since 2007, phages have been used sporadically to treat bacterial infections in well-defined cases in the Queen Astrid military hospital (QAMH) in Brussels, Belgium. In the last two years, external requests for phage therapy have increased significantly. From April 2013 to April 2018, 260 phage therapy requests were addressed to the QAMH. Of these 260 requests, only 15 patients received phage therapy. In this paper, we analyze the phage therapy requests and outcomes in order to improve upon the overall capacity for phage therapy at the QAMH. MDPI 2019-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC6466067/ /pubmed/30884879 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v11030265 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Maussen, Christiane
De Vos, Daniel
Merabishvili, Maya
Damanet, Benjamin
Pang, Kim Win
De Leenheer, Peggy
Strachinaru, Isabella
Soentjens, Patrick
Pirnay, Jean-Paul
Processing Phage Therapy Requests in a Brussels Military Hospital: Lessons Identified
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title_short Processing Phage Therapy Requests in a Brussels Military Hospital: Lessons Identified
title_sort processing phage therapy requests in a brussels military hospital: lessons identified
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6466067/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30884879
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v11030265
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