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ArticleJournal of global infectious diseases2010

Revisiting Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infections.

Abdelkarim Waness

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Article in Journal of global infectious diseases, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Antimicrobial resistance in India: A review.Journal of natural science, biology, and medicine · 2013
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Abdelkarim WanessDivision of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Department of Medicine, Code #1443, P.O. Box 22490, Riyadh 11465, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdulaziz Medical City · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Within less than 50 years, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) made a tremendous impact worldwide. It is not limited to medical facilities and healthcare institutions anymore. Indeed since two decades, cases of MRSA infections arising from the community among apparently healthy individuals are increasing. In this paper, I will present a case of community-associated MRSA sepsis followed by a comprehensive review about the history, pathogenesis, epidemiology, clinical presentations, diagnostic modalities, therapeutic options, contributing factors, growing cost and other pertinent elements of this newly evolving epidemic of MRSA infections.

Indexed as

Blood cultureslinezolidmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureussepsisvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID20300418
PMCPMC2840971
OpenAlexW2072588496

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Registered trials

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