Novel Bacteriophage Therapy for Treatment of Left Ventricular Assist Device Infection

We report the case of a 65-year-old male with non-ischemic cardiomyopathy requiring left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation in 2014. He developed a Staphylococcus aureus (SA) device infection complicated by sternal osteomyelitis and bacteremia leading to multiple hospitalizations, surgical debridements, and prolonged intravenous (IV) antibiotics (Supplement Table 1). He was deemed ineligible for heart transplant because of ongoing infection and presented to our center for a second opinion.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Case Anecdotes, Comments and Opinions Source Type: research