Successful Treatment of a Recalcitrant <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> Prosthetic Knee Infection with Intraoperative Bacteriophage Therapy

• Main Authors: James B. Doub (Author), Vincent Y. Ng (Author), Eleanor Wilson (Author), Lorenzo Corsini (Author), Benjamin K. Chan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Here, we present a case of a 79-year-old female with a recalcitrant <i>Staphylococcal epidermidis</i> prosthetic knee infection that was successfully treated with a single dose of adjuvant intra-articular bacteriophage therapy after debridement and implant retention surgery. The bacterio...