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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2017

Targeting Alpha Toxin To Mitigate Its Lethal Toxicity in Ferret and Rabbit Models of Staphylococcus aureus Necrotizing Pneumonia.

Binh An Diep, Jamese J Hilliard, Vien T M Le, Christine Tkaczyk, Hoan N Le, Vuvi G Tran, Renee L Rao, Etyene Castro Dip, Eliane P Pereira-Franchi, Paulyn Cha and 8 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 43 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

18 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Binh An DiepDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA binh.diep@ucsf.edu sellmanb@medimmune.com.
Jamese J HilliardDepartment of Infectious Diseases, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Vien T M LeDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Christine TkaczykDepartment of Infectious Diseases, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Hoan N LeDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Vuvi G TranDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Renee L RaoDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Etyene Castro DipDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Eliane P Pereira-FranchiDivision of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
Paulyn ChaDepartment of Applied Immunology and Microbiology, MedImmune, LLC, Mountain View, California, USA.
Scott JacobsonDepartment of Applied Immunology and Microbiology, MedImmune, LLC, Mountain View, California, USA.
Rosemary BroomeDepartment of Applied Immunology and Microbiology, MedImmune, LLC, Mountain View, California, USA.
Lily I ChengDepartment of Translational Sciences, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
William WeissPre-Clinical Services, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
Laszlo ProkaiPre-Clinical Services, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4559-3458
Vien NguyenPre-Clinical Services, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
C Ken StoverDepartment of Infectious Diseases, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.
Bret R SellmanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, MedImmune, LLC, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA binh.diep@ucsf.edu sellmanb@medimmune.com.
University of California, San Francisco · USSerimmune (United States) · USUniversity of North Texas · US

Funding

Mechanisms of PVL-induced Acute Lung InjuryR01AI087674 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DIEP, BINH AN · 2010 to 2014
$2.1M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087674
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role broad-spectrum antibiotics play in the spread of antimicrobial resistance, coupled with their effect on the healthy microbiome, has led to advances in pathogen-specific approaches for the prevention or treatment of serious bacterial infections. One approach in clinical testing is passive immunization with a monoclonal antibody (MAb) targeting alpha toxin for the prevention or treatment of

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibodies, MonoclonalFerretsHemolysin ProteinsMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusPneumonia, NecrotizingPneumonia, StaphylococcalRabbitsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntibodies, MonoclonalHemolysin Proteinsalpha toxinantibacterialantibiotichemolysinsmonoclonal antibodiesStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID28115346
PMCPMC5365647
OpenAlexW2580578310

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