Evidence map›Paper›PMID 21537017›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2011

Five-minute exposure to caspofungin results in prolonged postantifungal effects and eliminates the paradoxical growth of Candida albicans.

Ryan K Shields, M Hong Nguyen, Ellen G Press, Cornelius J Clancy

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Postantifungal Effect of Antifungal Drugs againstJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
    Review
  3. Recent Insights into the Paradoxical Effect of Echinocandins.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2017
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ryan K ShieldsDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
M Hong Nguyen
Ellen G Press
Cornelius J Clancy
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstitutionKL2TR000146 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$8.7M
NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR000146NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We studied the impact of brief caspofungin exposures on postantifungal effects (PAFEs) and paradoxical effects for five Candida albicans isolates. In time-kill studies, caspofungin at 4× and 16× the MIC resulted in significant killing of all isolates. Caspofungin at 8 μg/ml resulted in lower levels of killing, and paradoxical effects were evident with 4 isolates. Caspofungin exposures of 5 to 60 min caused prolonged, concentration-dependent killing that approached or exceeded the results seen with time-kill experiments and eliminated paradoxical growth.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCandida albicansCaspofunginEchinocandinsLipopeptidesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAntifungal AgentsCaspofunginEchinocandinsLipopeptides

Identifiers

PMID21537017
PMCPMC3122450
OpenAlexW2110717141

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