Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology (Sep 2024)

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,
  • Cécile Boulanger,
  • Cécile Boulanger,
  • Leïla Belkhir,
  • Leïla Belkhir,
  • Jean-Cyr Yombi,
  • Julien De Greef,
  • Julien De Greef,
  • Olivier Cornu,
  • Olivier Cornu,
  • Pierre-Louis Docquier,
  • Pierre-Louis Docquier,
  • Audrey Lentini,
  • Renaud Menten,
  • Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos,
  • Hector Rodriguez-Villalobos,
  • Alexia Verroken,
  • Alexia Verroken,
  • Sarah Djebara,
  • Maya Merabishvili,
  • Johann Griselain,
  • Jean-Paul Pirnay,
  • Laurent Houtekie,
  • Dimitri Van der Linden,
  • Dimitri Van der Linden

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fcimb.2024.1354681
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

Abstract

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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.

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