ArticlePHAGE (New Rochelle, N.Y.)2020
Bacteriophage Therapy as a Potential Management Option for Surgical Wound Infections.
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- Efficacy of phage therapy in Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs): a systematic review.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Pooled it
- Phage Therapy in the Era of Multidrug Resistance in Bacteria: A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Pooled it
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- Model-dependent efficacy of sequential phage-antibiotic-antifungal therapy against dual-species biofilms.Biofilm · 2026Article
- Phage Therapy as an Alternative Strategy Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A Narrative Review of Preclinical and Clinical Evidence.MicrobiologyOpen · 2026Review
- Potential of phage therapy for the treatment of diabetic foot infections.Folia microbiologica · 2026Review
- Phages connect the biological dots of antimicrobial resistance: from genesis and spread to alternative treatment modules.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2025Review
- Phage therapy: a promising approach forJournal of virology · 2025Review
- Phage therapy as a revitalized weapon for treating clinical diseases.Microbiome research reports · 2025Review
- Bacteriophage entrapment strategies for the treatment of chronic wound infections: a comprehensive review.Archives of microbiology · 2024Review
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- Current Knowledge and Perspectives of Phage Therapy for Combating Refractory Wound Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Phage therapy as a glimmer of hope in the fight against the recurrence or emergence of surgical site bacterial infections.Infection · 2024Review
- Phage Therapy Against Antibiotic-Resistant and Multidrug-Resistant Infections Involving Nonhealing Wounds and Prosthetic Joint Infections Associated With Biofilms: A Mini-Review.The Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2024Review
- Phage Therapy as an Alternative Treatment Modality for ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Advances in bacteriophage-mediated strategies for combating polymicrobial biofilms.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
- Bacteriophage therapy in infection after fracture fixation (IAFF) in orthopaedic surgery.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2022Article
- Phage therapy of wound-associated infections.Folia microbiologica · 2022Review
- Short and oral antimicrobial therapy for diabetic foot infection: a narrative review of current knowledge.Journal of bone and joint infection · 2022Review
- A systematic review of phage therapy applied to bone and joint infections: an analysis of success rates, treatment modalities and safety.EFORT open reviews · 2021Review
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Abstract
To investigate the potential role of bacteriophages in the treatment of surgical infections, we conducted a retrospective analysis of four surgical patients who have sought treatment at the Eliava Phage Therapy Center, Tbilisi, Georgia. Two patients had chronic osteomyelitis, one presented with a diabetic foot ulcer, and the fourth patient had developed a severe infectious complication after skin grafting surgery. Patients were treated with different combinations of bacteriophage preparations, based on the sensitivity of the isolated bacterial strain toward commercially available bacteriophages. The treatment lasted on average for 1 month, and positive results were obtained in all four cases: the wounds have healed, the general health status of the patients has improved. No allergic or adverse reactions have been observed throughout the treatment.
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