Successful Treatment of a Recalcitrant Staphylococcus epidermidis Prosthetic Knee Infection with Intraoperative Bacteriophage Therapy

Here, we present a case of a 79-year-old female with a recalcitrant Staphylococcal epidermidis prosthetic knee infection that was successfully treated with a single dose of adjuvant intra-articular bacteriophage therapy after debridement and implant retention surgery. The bacteriophage used in this...

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Autores principales: Doub, James B., Ng, Vincent Y., Wilson, Eleanor, Corsini, Lorenzo, Chan, Benjamin K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7998749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800146
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14030231

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7998749/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33800146
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14030231

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