CNN report on antimicrobial resistance, with the experimental phage therapy sought for cystic fibrosis patient Mallory Smith

A CNN report on antimicrobial resistance follows the family of an Indonesian infant whose parents believe resistance played a role in his death, and Mallory Smith, a cystic fibrosis patient who died at 25 from a B. cepacia infection that antibiotics could not beat. Before her death her doctors had secured FDA approval to give her bacteriophage therapy, an experimental therapy available in the US only through emergency compassionate use or one-off investigational new drug requests; the report says the WHO considers phage therapy generally safe but notes more testing is needed.