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ArticleNature communications2025

Prolonged disease remission of the chronic immunological skin disorder hidradenitis suppurativa with adjunctive bacteriophage therapy.

Lene Bens, Tine Vanhoutvin, Sabrina Green, Sayali Gorivale, Madalena Almeida, Filip Romaniuk, Tom Hillary, Daan Jansen, Jelle Matthijnssens, Séverine Vermeire and 14 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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24 authors.

Lene BensDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Tine VanhoutvinDermatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Sabrina GreenDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3959-2640
Sayali GorivaleDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Madalena AlmeidaDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Filip RomaniukDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-4047-0941
Tom HillaryDermatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Daan JansenDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4612-6891
Jelle MatthijnssensDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1188-9733
Séverine VermeireGastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9942-3019
João SabinoGastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Melissa DepypereDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
David DevolderPharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Isabel SprietPharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Yves DebaveyeDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Paul De MunterDepartment of General Internal Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5944-3530
Jolien OnseaDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Willem-Jan MetsemakersDepartment of Trauma Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4114-9093
Vera van NoortDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8436-6602
Jean-Paul PirnayLaboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Maya MerabishviliLaboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, Brussels, Belgium.
Jeroen WagemansDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2185-5724
Rob LavigneDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. rob.lavigne@kuleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7377-1314
An Van LaethemDermatology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. an.vanlaethem@uzleuven.be.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin disease in which the acute development of noduli, abscesses and in a later stage fistulas remains difficult to control, despite a wide range of recommended treatment options including immunomodulatory biologicals, surgical intervention and antibiotics. Besides being painful, associated lesions have an extensive impact on the quality of life. While HS is primarily an immune-mediated inflammatory disease, the skin microbiota plays a key role in its pathogenesis with pathogenic bacterial colonization of lesions observed. Bacteriophages, the viruses of bacteria, are used to treat a 52-year-old female HS patient with re-current colonization of lesions with Staphylococcus aureus. Phage therapy results in complete removal of lesions with a flare-free period of six months, along with a substantial improvement in the patient's quality of life. The deployed experimental framework and the gained clinical experience will be valuable for future HS phage therapy research.

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BacteriophagesHidradenitis SuppurativaPhage TherapyChronic DiseaseFemaleHumansMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRemission InductionSkinStaphylococcus aureusTreatment Outcome

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PMCPMC12695963

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