The 100-year-old method has been successfully used on a joint infection patient in Dundee.
Mr Graeme Nicol, centre, carried out the procedure at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee with support from Dr Daniela Munteanu and Dr Josh JonesScottish surgeons have become the first in the UK to use a more than 100-year-old method to successfully treat a joint infection.
Within two weeks of the phage treatment her infection had cleared. Her wound had healed for the first time since Christmas and the patient was set to return home within eight weeks of the therapy. "So in other words, it just destroys the bacteria that is there – phage comes from the Greek devour so it works its way through this infection clearing it out of the body."Specialists at Ninewells Hospital in Dundee hope their unit can be used as a UK-wide hub for phage therapyThe patient remained on anti-biotics throughout the process, Mr Nicol told BBC Scotland.
But following the discovery of penicillin by Scot Alexander Fleming in 1928, the use of phages declined in western nations because they are harder to manufacture and store than antibiotics.Mr Nicol stressed that while phage therapy is not a replacement for antibiotics, it could be a "lifeline" for patients with antibiotic-resistant infections.
The surgeon said he hoped to see the phage therapy rolled out across the UK within the next two years, with NHS Tayside producing bespoke treatments for patients with severe infections.
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