| Literature DB >> 33718279 |
Xin Tan1, Huaisheng Chen2, Min Zhang3,4, Ying Zhao5, Yichun Jiang2, Xueyan Liu2, Wei Huang3,4, Yingfei Ma1.
Abstract
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). A personalized lytic pathogen-specific single-phage preparation was nebulized to the patient continuously for 16 days in combination with tigecycline and polymyxin E. The treatment was well tolerated and resulted in clearance of the pathogen and clinical improvement of the patient's lung function.Entities:
Keywords: carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii; endotoxin; lung infection; personalized phage therapy; phage
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Year: 2021 PMID: 33718279 PMCID: PMC7952606 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2021.631585
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Front Cell Infect Microbiol ISSN: 2235-2988 Impact factor: 5.293