A Case of Phage Therapy against Pandrug-Resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans in a 12-Year-Old Lung-Transplanted Cystic Fibrosis Patient

Autor: David Lebeaux, Maia Merabishvili, Eric Caudron, Damien Lannoy, Leen Van Simaey, Hans Duyvejonck, Romain Guillemain, Caroline Thumerelle, Isabelle Podglajen, Fabrice Compain, Najiby Kassis, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Johannes Wittmann, Christine Rohde, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Nicolas Dufour, Stefan Vermeulen, Yannick Gansemans, Filip Van Nieuwerburgh, Mario Vaneechoutte
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Viruses, Vol 13, Iss 1, p 60 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1999-4915
DOI: 10.3390/v13010060
Popis: Bacteriophages are a promising therapeutic strategy among cystic fibrosis and lung-transplanted patients, considering the high frequency of colonization/infection caused by pandrug-resistant bacteria. However, little clinical data are available regarding the use of phages for infections with Achromobacter xylosoxidans. A 12-year-old lung-transplanted cystic fibrosis patient received two rounds of phage therapy because of persistent lung infection with pandrug-resistant A. xylosoxidans. Clinical tolerance was perfect, but initial bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) still grew A. xylosoxidans. The patient’s respiratory condition slowly improved and oxygen therapy was stopped. Low-grade airway colonization by A. xylosoxidans persisted for months before samples turned negative. No re-colonisation occurred more than two years after phage therapy was performed and imipenem treatment was stopped. Whole genome sequencing indicated that the eight A. xylosoxidans isolates, collected during phage therapy, belonged to four delineated strains, whereby one had a stop mutation in a gene for a phage receptor. The dynamics of lung colonisation were documented by means of strain-specific qPCRs on different BALs. We report the first case of phage therapy for A. xylosoxidans lung infection in a lung-transplanted patient. The dynamics of airway colonization was more complex than deduced from bacterial culture, involving phage susceptible as well as phage resistant strains.
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