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 be lysed or killed with phage therapy. This made it possible to save the patient’s leg.

Nir-Paz R, Gelman D, Khouri A et al. Successful treatment of antibiotic resistant poly-microbial bone infection with bacteriophages and antibiotics combination // Clinical Infectious Diseases, Published: 14 March 2019, ciz222. https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciz222