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Madison Stellfox and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh published a new paper on phage-antibiotic combination therapy for recurrent E. faecium. Phages were administered to a patient with increasingly severe E. faecium bloodstream infections over 7 years. Her health initially improved after phage treatment, but after a relapse she unfortunately passed away.

STAT News also wrote a piece covering this patient’s story and phage therapy’s current challenges more broadly.