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ReviewCold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine2016

Tetracycline Antibiotics and Resistance.

Trudy H Grossman

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Review in Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 319 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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319citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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

319 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  15. Functional Stability of Tetracycline: Practical Information for Its Use in Bacterial Selection.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2026
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  16. [Molecular mechanisms underlying the development and spread of antibiotic resistance].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026
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259 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Trudy H GrossmanTetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tetracyclines possess many properties considered ideal for antibiotic drugs, including activity against Gram-positive and -negative pathogens, proven clinical safety, acceptable tolerability, and the availability of intravenous (IV) and oral formulations for most members of the class. As with all antibiotic classes, the antimicrobial activities of tetracyclines are subject to both class-specific and intrinsic antibiotic-resistance mechanisms. Since the discovery of the first tetracyclines more than 60 years ago, ongoing optimization of the core scaffold has produced tetracyclines in clinical use and development that are capable of thwarting many of these resistance mechanisms. New chemistry approaches have enabled the creation of synthetic derivatives with improved in vitro potency and in vivo efficacy, ensuring that the full potential of the class can be explored for use against current and emerging multidrug-resistant (MDR) pathogens, including carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, MDR Acinetobacter species, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsGram-Negative BacteriaGram-Positive BacteriaHistory, 20th CenturyHumansTetracycline ResistanceTetracyclinesAnti-Bacterial AgentsTetracyclines

Identifiers

PMID26989065
PMCPMC4817740

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