Eradication of Enterococcus faecalis by phage therapy in chronic bacterial prostatitis--case report.
The treatment of three patients suffering from chronic bacterial prostatitis who were qualified for an experimental phage therapy protocol managed at the Phage Therapy Unit in Wrocław is described. They had previously been treated unsuccessfully with long-term targeted antibiotics, autovaccines, and laser biostimulation. Rectal application of phage lysates targeted against Enterococcus faecalis cultured from the prostatic fluid gave encouraging results regarding bacterial eradication, abatement of clinical symptoms of prostatitis, and lack of early disease recurrence.
Letkiewicz
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Urological and Andrological Clinic UROGEN, 42-600, Tarnowskie Góry, Poland. letkiewicz1@tlen.pl
Miedzybrodzki
R
R
Fortuna
W
W
Weber-Dabrowska
B
B
Górski
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D001691:Biological Therapy; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000821:virology*; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000628:therapy*