Case report: Personalized triple phage-antibiotic combination therapy to rescue necrotizing fasciitis caused by Panton-Valentine leukocidin-producing MRSA in a 12-year-old boy

Brieuc Van Nieuwenhuyse, Mathilde Balcaen, Olga Chatzis, Astrid Haenecour, Emilien Derycke, Thierry Detaille, Stéphan Clément de Cléty, Cécile Boulanger, Leïla Belkhir, Jean Cyr Yombi, Julien De Greef, Olivier Cornu, Pierre Louis Docquier, Audrey Lentini, Renaud Menten, Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos, Alexia Verroken, Sarah Djebara, Maya Merabishvili, Johann GriselainJean Paul Pirnay, Laurent Houtekie, Dimitri Van der Linden

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Abstract

Maximal standard-of-care (SOC) management could not stop the life-threatening progression of a necrotizing fasciitis induced by Panton-Valentine Leukocidin-producing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a 12-year-old boy. Multi-route phage therapy was initiated along with antibiotics against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, eventually leading to full recovery with no reported adverse events.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1354681
JournalFrontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Volume14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • MRSA
  • Panton and Valentine leukocidin (PVL)
  • bacteriophage
  • necrotizing fasciitis
  • pediatric intensive care unit
  • phage therapy

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