Successful adjunctive use of bacteriophage therapy for treatment of multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a cystic fibrosis patient

Introduction We describe the use of bacteriophage therapy in a 26-year-old cystic fibrosis (CF) patient awaiting lung transplantation. Hospital Course The patient developed multidrug resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia, persistent respiratory failure, and colistin-induced renal failure....

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Published in:	Infection Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 665 - 668
Main Authors:	Law, Nancy, Logan, Cathy, Yung, Gordon, Furr, Carrie-Lynn Langlais, Lehman, Susan M., Morales, Sandra, Rosas, Francisco, Gaidamaka, Alexander, Bilinsky, Igor, Grint, Paul, Schooley, Robert T., Aslam, Saima
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2019 Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Antibiotics Antiinfectives and antibacterials Antimicrobial agents Case Report Colistin Cystic fibrosis Drug resistance Family Medicine General Practice Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine Intravenous administration Lung transplantation Lung transplants Medicine Medicine & Public Health Multidrug resistance Multidrug resistant organisms Patients Pneumonia Pseudomonas aeruginosa Renal failure Respiratory failure Therapy Transplantation Multidrug-resistant Antimicrobial Cystic fibrosis Antibiotic Bacteriophage therapy Lung transplant Multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa
ISSN:	0300-8126, 1439-0973, 1439-0973
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