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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2015

Combinations of β-Lactam Antibiotics Currently in Clinical Trials Are Efficacious in a DHP-I-Deficient Mouse Model of Tuberculosis Infection.

Joaquín Rullas, Neeraj Dhar, John D McKinney, Adolfo García-Pérez, Joël Lelievre, Andreas H Diacon, Jean-Emmanuel Hugonnet, Michel Arthur, Iñigo Angulo-Barturen, David Barros-Aguirre and 1 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 38 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Joaquín RullasDiseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
Neeraj DharSchool of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
John D McKinneySchool of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
Adolfo García-PérezDiseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
Joël LelievreDiseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
Andreas H DiaconOpen Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡ Department of Medical Biochemistry, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg, South Africa.
Jean-Emmanuel HugonnetCentre de Recherche des Cordeliers, LRMA, Equipe 12, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S 872, Paris, France Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U872, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR S 872, Paris, France Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
Michel ArthurCentre de Recherche des Cordeliers, LRMA, Equipe 12, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S 872, Paris, France Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), U872, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, UMR S 872, Paris, France Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
Iñigo Angulo-BarturenDiseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
David Barros-AguirreDiseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡
Lluís BallellDiseases of the Developing World, GlaxoSmithKline, Tres Cantos, Madrid, Spain Open Collaborative Model for Tuberculosis Lead Optimisation (ORCHID) Consortium‡ lluis.p.ballell@gsk.com.
GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom) · GBDélégation Paris 5 · FRÉcole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne · CHGlaxoSmithKline (Spain) · ESStellenbosch University · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report here a dehydropeptidase-deficient murine model of tuberculosis (TB) infection that is able to partially uncover the efficacy of marketed broad-spectrum β-lactam antibiotics alone and in combination. Reductions of up to 2 log CFU in the lungs of TB-infected mice after 8 days of treatment compared to untreated controls were obtained at blood drug concentrations and time above the MIC (T>MIC) below clinically achievable levels in humans. These findings provide evidence supporting the potential of β-lactams as safe and mycobactericidal components of new combination regimens against TB with or without resistance to currently used drugs.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamsDipeptidasesDisease Models, AnimalDrug Therapy, CombinationGPI-Linked ProteinsLungMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycobacterium tuberculosisRespiratory Tract InfectionsStaphylococcal InfectionsTuberculosisAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-Lactamsdipeptidase 1DipeptidasesGPI-Linked Proteins

Identifiers

PMID25987618
PMCPMC4505286
OpenAlexW2100983616

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