A Case of In Situ Phage Therapy against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in a Bone Allograft Polymicrobial Biofilm Infection: Outcomes and Phage-Antibiotic Interactions

A Case of In Situ Phage Therapy against <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> in a Bone Allograft Polymicrobial Biofilm Infection: Outcomes and Phage-Antibiotic Interactions

Phage therapy (PT) shows promising potential in managing biofilm infections, which include refractory orthopedic infections. We report the case of a 13-year-old girl who developed chronic polymicrobial biofilm infection of a pelvic bone allograft after Ewing’s sarcoma resection surgery. Chronic infe...

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Main Authors: Brieuc Van Nieuwenhuyse, Christine Galant, Bénédicte Brichard, Pierre-Louis Docquier, Sarah Djebara, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Dimitri Van der Linden, Maya Merabishvili, Olga Chatzis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-09-01
Series:Viruses
Subjects:
phage therapy
bacteriophage
<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>
chronic osteitis
polymicrobial biofilm
antibiotic-bacteriophage combination
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/10/1898

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