Salvage Bacteriophage Therapy for a Chronic MRSA Prosthetic Joint Infection

This is a case of a 72 year old male with a chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection. After the third intravenous dose of bacteriophage therapy, an unusual, reversible transaminitis prompted stoppage of bacteriophage therapy. Nevertheless, treatment was successf...

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Autores principales: Doub, James B., Ng, Vincent Y., Johnson, Aaron J., Slomka, Magdalena, Fackler, Joseph, Horne, Bri’Anna, Brownstein, Michael J., Henry, Matthew, Malagon, Francisco, Biswas, Biswajit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7277870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32397354
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9050241
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Sumario:This is a case of a 72 year old male with a chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic joint infection. After the third intravenous dose of bacteriophage therapy, an unusual, reversible transaminitis prompted stoppage of bacteriophage therapy. Nevertheless, treatment was successful and the patient’s severe chronic infection was eradicated.

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