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ArticleThe Journal of antibiotics2016

In vitro activity of dalbavancin and five comparator agents against common and uncommon Gram-positive organisms isolated from cancer patients.

Kenneth V I Rolston, Weiqun Wang, Lior Nesher, Samuel A Shelburne, Randall A Prince

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Article in The Journal of antibiotics, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Dalbavancin as long-term treatment in Corynebacterium striatum Infections: a literature review.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2024
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  3. Access microbiology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Kenneth V I RolstonDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Weiqun WangThe University of Houston College of Pharmacy, Houston, TX, USA.
Lior NesherDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Samuel A ShelburneDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Randall A PrinceDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USUniversity of Houston · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dalbavancin is a long acting, bactericidal lipoglycopeptide. Its in vitro activity was compared with that of vancomycin, daptomycin, linezolid, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX) and levofloxacin against 241 Gram-positive organisms isolated from cancer patients. The rank order of potency for the glycopeptides based on MIC90 (μg ml(-1)), that is, the concentration of antimicrobial agent required to inhibit 90% of isolates tested was dalbavancin (0.12 μg ml(-1))>daptomycin (1.0 μg ml(-1))>vancomycin (2.0 μg ml(-1)) for coagulase-negative staphylococci and Staphylococcus aureus isolates (including methicillin-susceptible (MSSA) and methicillin-resistant (MRSA) strains). Dalbavancin had potent activity against staphylococcal isolates with vancomycin MICs⩾1.0 μg ml(-1). TMP/SMX also had potent activity against staphylococci including methicillin-resistant strains, whereas levofloxacin had moderate to poor anti-staphylococcal activity. Dalbavancin also exhibited more potent activity than vancomycin and daptomycin against Bacillus spp., Corynebacterium spp., Micrococcus spp. and various streptococci (including Streptococcus pneumoniae, viridans group streptococci (VGS), beta-hemolytic streptococci and gamma-hemolytic streptococci). MBC determinations showed that dalbavancin had potent bactericidal activity against MRSA with no tolerance being detected. These data suggest that dalbavancin may be considered as an alternative to vancomycin, especially in institutions wherein a substantial proportion of infections are caused by organisms with vancomycin MICs⩾1.0 μg ml(-1).

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsDaptomycinGram-Positive BacteriaHumansLevofloxacinLinezolidMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNeoplasmsTeicoplaninTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug CombinationVancomycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsdalbavancinDaptomycinLevofloxacinLinezolidTeicoplaninTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug CombinationVancomycin

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PMID26626876
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