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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2012

Use of xylitol to enhance the therapeutic efficacy of polymethylmethacrylate-based antibiotic therapy in treatment of chronic osteomyelitis.

Karen E Beenken, Laura Bradney, William Bellamy, Robert A Skinner, Sandra G McLaren, M Johannes Gruenwald, Horace J Spencer, James K Smith, Warren O Haggard, Mark S Smeltzer

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Karen E BeenkenDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
Laura Bradney
William Bellamy
Robert A Skinner
Sandra G McLaren
M Johannes Gruenwald
Horace J Spencer
James K Smith
Warren O Haggard
Mark S Smeltzer
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · USUniversity of Memphis · US

Funding

Detection, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal infectionR01AI069087 · NIAID · UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MED SCIS · PI SMELTZER, MARK S · 2007 to 2011
$1.7M
NCRR NIH HHS RR0298884NIAID NIH HHS AI069087NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI069087
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Using a rabbit model of postsurgical osteomyelitis, we demonstrate that incorporation of xylitol into polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement enhances the elution of daptomycin under in vivo conditions. We also demonstrate that this can be correlated with an improved therapeutic outcome in the treatment of a chronic bone infection following surgical debridement.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBone CementsChronic DiseaseDaptomycinDebridementDelayed-Action PreparationsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleOsteomyelitisPolymethyl MethacrylateRabbitsStaphylococcal InfectionsStaphylococcus aureusXylitolAnti-Bacterial AgentsBone CementsDaptomycinDelayed-Action PreparationsPolymethyl MethacrylateXylitol

Identifiers

PMID22948866
PMCPMC3486578
OpenAlexW2028414433

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