Evidence map›Paper›PMID 2729935›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy1989

Antibacterial activities of the antiparasitic drugs nifurtimox and benznidazole.

H Hof

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 1989. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

H HofInstitute of Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, University of Heidelberg, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany.
Heidelberg University · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Both nifurtimox and benznidazole, which are used for the treatment of Chagas' disease, also display marked antibacterial activities. Characteristically for nitroheterocyclic compounds, they are much more active against anaerobic and microaerophilic bacteria than against aerobic bacteria. Nitroreductase-deficient aerobes are completely resistant, whereas SOS-repair-deficient strains are moderately susceptible. Those strains are rapidly killed.

Indexed as

BacteriaBacteria, AerobicBacteria, AnaerobicMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNifurtimoxNitrofuransNitroimidazolesTrypanocidal AgentsbenzonidazoleNifurtimoxNitrofuransNitroimidazolesTrypanocidal Agents

Identifiers

PMID2729935
PMCPMC171504
OpenAlexW1971292157

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