Clinical Experience of Personalized Phage Therapy Against Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Lung Infection in a Patient With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Overuse of antibiotics in clinical medicine has contributed to the global spread of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens, including Acinetobacter baumannii. We present a case of an 88-year-old Chinese man who developed hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (CRAB)...

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Main Authors: Xin Tan, Huaisheng Chen, Min Zhang, Ying Zhao, Yichun Jiang, Xueyan Liu, Wei Huang, Yingfei Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2021.631585/full