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Case Reports
. 2022 Sep 20:93:756-759.
doi: 10.2340/17453674.2022.4579.

Salphage: salvage bacteriophage therapy for a recalcitrant Klebsiella pneumoniae prosthetic shoulder infection - a case report

James B Doub  1 , Akira Shishido  1 , Uma Srikumaran  2 , John Haskoor  2 , Phuong Tran-Nguyen  3 , Myounghee Lee  3 , Silvia Würstle  4 , Alina Lee  4 , Kaitlyn Kortright  4 , Benjamin K Chan  4
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Salphage: salvage bacteriophage therapy for a recalcitrant Klebsiella pneumoniae prosthetic shoulder infection - a case report

James B Doub et al. Acta Orthop. .
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Left shoulder reverse arthroplasty after combined debridement, anti-biotics, irrigation and implant retention surgery, and bacteriophage therapy but prior to removal of the Hickman catheter (red arrow).
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