Nebulized Bacteriophage in a Patient With Refractory Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Disease.
Open Forum Infect Dis
; 9(7): ofac194, 2022 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-35794944
ABSTRACT
An elderly man with refractory Mycobacterium abscessus lung disease previously developed anti-phage neutralizing antibodies while receiving intravenous phage therapy. Subsequent phage nebulization resulted in transient weight gain, decreased C-reactive protein, and reduced Mycobacterium burden. Weak sputum neutralization may have limited the outcomes, but phage resistance was not a contributing factor.
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01-internacional
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Open Forum Infect Dis
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2022
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Estados Unidos