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Successful Repeated Use of a Pathogen Adsorbing Biomimetic Device for the Adjunct Treatment of a SARS-CoV-2 Reinfection and Subsequent Infections with Different Multiresistant Bacteria

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Introduction: Affinity Filter is a biomimetic adsorbent device that can remove pathogens from the blood. Case Presentation: 100 to treat both a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection leading to severe COVID-19 pneumonia as well as subsequent secondary lung infections including Acinetobacter baumannii, Serratia marcescens, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa multidrug-resistant bacteria. To our knowledge, this 46-year-old black male is the first patient in which four treatments with this pathogen adsorber, one for a viral and three for different bacterial infections, have been successfully used. Conclusion: 100 can be easily and successfully used in conjunction with standard (anti-infective) treatment.

Source: Case Reports in Nephrology and Dialysis

DOI: 10.1159/000541422

Authors: Reuben Okioma, Khalida Soki, Alexander Hay, Jan T. Kielstein

Institutions: Nairobi Hospital, Klinikum Braunschweig

Language: English

Topic: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

Subfield: Infectious Diseases

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,030