
Co-Coordinator:
Prof. Pavel Drevinek
Department of Medical Microbiology, Motol and Homolka University Hospital and Second Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, CZ
pavel.drevinek@lfmotol.cuni.cz

Co-Coordinator:
PD Dr Silvia Würstle MD, MBA
Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe University, Germany;
Silvia.Wuerstle@ukffm.de
ECFS-CTN Liaison:
Dr Kate Hill (ECFS-CTN)


MEMBERS
| Pavel Drevinek, Czech Republic |
| Silvia Würstle, Germany |
| Kate Hill, Ireland |
| Jo Fothergill, UK |
| Tavs Qvist, Denmark |
| Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa, Poland |
| Eitan Kerem, Israel |
| Sarah Djebara, Belgium |
| Sylvia Hafkemeyer, Germany |
| Libby Duignan, UK |
| Jerry Nick, USA |
| Jonathan Koff, USA |
| Dara Riva, USA |
| Rebekah Dedrick, USA |
| Stacey Martiniano, USA |
| Lindsay Caverly, USA |
| John LiPuma, USA |
| Anna-Maria Dittrich, Germany |
| Anick Baca, Valencia, Spain |
| Ela Erdem Erlap, Turkey |
| Natalie Lorent, Belgium |
| Carlo Castellani, Italy |
| Tristan Ferry, France |
| Silke van Koningsbruggen-Rietschel |
| Frederic Laurent, France |
| Radu Botgros, EMA |
Aims and objectives
Phage therapy - the therapeutic use of bacteriophages (phages) to treat bacterial infections - is gaining rapid interest within the CF community. This approach offers several advantages over traditional antibacterial therapy (antibiotics), including specificity to pathogenic bacteria, activity against biofilm-forming microorganisms, and efficacy irrespective of multidrug resistance. Given the incidence of difficult-to-treat infections in people with CF (pwCF), and the limitations of current antimicrobial options, there is a pressing need to explore how to integrate phage therapy more systematically within CF care. To address this need, a dedicated body under the ECFS is coordinating, facilitating, and advocating for responsible use of phage therapy in pwCF, particularly in life-threatening or otherwise intractable infections, by fostering international collaboration, knowledge exchange, and the development of practical frameworks.
