Patient #8, a 28-year-old female with cystic fibrosis who developed a multidrug resistant Burkholderia dolosa infection in her lungs after having a bilateral lung transplant in early 2018. Despite multiple courses of antibiotics, the patient continued to deteriorate. Phage therapy was initiated in early September and additional doses were supplied in mid-September and early October. The patient’s bacterial […]
Aslam et al, 2019
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Case 4
Patient #4, a 67 year old male with a history of hypersensitivity pneumonitis and pulmonary fibrosis. He underwent bilateral lung transplantation in October 2016. His post-transplant course was complicated, including the development of two episodes of multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa pneumonia. Bacteriophage therapy was administered via nebulizer and intravenously, along with adjunctive systemic antibiotics. Therapy […]