Processing phage therapy requests in a brussels military hospital: Lessons identified

Sarah Djebara; Christiane Maussen; Daniel De Vos; Maya Merabishvili; Benjamin Damanet; Kim Win Pang; Peggy De Leenheer; Isabella Strachinaru; Patrick Soentjens; Jean Paul Pirnay

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Processing phage therapy requests in a brussels military hospital: Lessons identified

Sarah Djebara, Christiane Maussen, Daniel De Vos, Maya Merabishvili, Benjamin Damanet, Kim Win Pang, Peggy De Leenheer, Isabella Strachinaru, Patrick Soentjens, Jean Paul Pirnay

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There is a growing interest in phage therapy as a complementary tool against antimicrobial resistant infections. Since 2007, phages have been used sporadically to treat bacterial infections in well-defined cases in the Queen Astrid military hospital (QAMH) in Brussels, Belgium. In the last two years, external requests for phage therapy have increased significantly. From April 2013 to April 2018, 260 phage therapy requests were addressed to the QAMH. Of these 260 requests, only 15 patients received phage therapy. In this paper, we analyze the phage therapy requests and outcomes in order to improve upon the overall capacity for phage therapy at the QAMH.

Original language	English
Article number	v11030265
Journal	Viruses
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/v11030265
Publication status	Published - 17 Mar 2019

Keywords

Antibiotic resistance
Bacteriophages
Belgium
Brussels
Escherichia coli
Phage therapy
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Staphylococcus aureus

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