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Phage Therapy for Knee Prosthesis Infection

Bacteriophages show great potential in treating patients with prosthetic joint infections, as they act synergistically with antibiotics and destroy biofilms. The journal Frontiers in Medicine published a clinical case on the treatment of a recurrent…
Antibiotic Resistance in the Arctic
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Bacteriophages in the Treatment of Infected Diabetic Foot: State of the Art

Jessica Sacher, Editor-in-Chief, Online Weekly Capsid & Tail, discussed the challenges of treating infected foot ulcers in patients with diabetes mellitus and the potential of phage therapy for this pathology Every 20 seconds, a person…
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Phage therapy is being tested for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia.

At the annual Congress on Inhalation and Respiratory Drug Delivery (April 20–21, 2021), the results of preclinical studies of an inhaled phage medicine for the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) will be presented. VAP is one…
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Phages saved my daughter’s life – Phage Therapy

A cocktail of phages saved the life of a teenager who had a deadly and seemingly untreatable infection. Isabelle's body was attacked by bacteria, and she was given less than a 1% chance of survival. However, doctors at Great Ormond Street…
Bacteriophage
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Successful treatment of an antibiotic-resistant bone infection with phages and antibiotics

A patient with an infection of the left tibia with XDR Acinetobacter baumannii and MDR Klebsiella pneumoniae was treated with bacteriophages and antibiotics. After a short time, an improvement in the tissue was observed. The pathogens could…