Successful Investigational Phage Therapy for Pan-Resistant Bacterial Mediastinitis Following Type II Hybrid Aortic Arch Replacement
Hameed I, Ahmed A, Gandhi S, Nassiri N, Steinbacher D, Vallabhajosyula P. Successful Investigational Phage Therapy for Pan-Resistant Bacterial Mediastinitis Following Type II Hybrid Aortic Arch Replacement. JACC Case Reports 2024, 29: 102816. PMID: 39691337, PMCID: PMC11646902, DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2024.102816.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSternal wound infectionWound infectionPhage therapyStanford type B aortic dissectionThoracic endovascular aortic repairType B aortic dissectionMediastinal wound infectionsAortic arch surgeryAortic arch replacementDelayed sternal closureEndovascular aortic repairHybrid arch repairB aortic dissectionHybrid aortic arch replacementBacterial mediastinitisArch repairArch replacementArch surgeryAortic repairCardiac surgeryMediastinal drainsIntraoperative courseFlap reconstructionMorbid complicationSternal closure