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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Cephalosporin-Glycopeptide Combinations for Use against Clinical Methicillin-Resistant

Hung-Jen Tang, Chih-Cheng Lai, Chi-Chung Chen, Chun-Cheng Zhang, Tzu-Chieh Weng, Wen-Liang Yu, Hung-Jui Chen, Yu-Hsin Chiu, Wen-Chien Ko, Yin-Ching Chuang

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 33% 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.

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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hung-Jen TangDepartment of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan.
Chih-Cheng LaiDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Chi Mei Hospital-Liou YingTainan, Taiwan.
Chi-Chung ChenMedical Research, Chi Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan.
Chun-Cheng ZhangDepartment of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan.
Tzu-Chieh WengDepartment of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan.
Wen-Liang YuDepartment of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan.
Hung-Jui ChenDepartment of Medicine, Chi Mei Medical CenterTainan, Taiwan.
Yu-Hsin ChiuMedicine, Chi Mei Hospital-Liou YingTainan, Taiwan.
Wen-Chien KoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Center of Infection Control, National Cheng Kung University HospitalTainan, Taiwan.
Yin-Ching ChuangDepartment of Health and Nutrition, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy and ScienceTainan, Taiwan.
Chi Mei Medical Center · TWChia Nan University of Pharmacy and Science · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The empirical combination of both a beta-lactam and glycopeptide to counter potential staphylococcal pathogens may improve the clinical outcomes for cases of

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Identifiers

PMID28572795
PMCPMC5435797
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