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ArticleOphthalmology. Retina

The Susceptibility of Bacterial Endophthalmitis Isolates to Vancomycin, Ceftazidime, and Amikacin: a 23 Year-Review.

Shilpa Kodati, Andrew W Eller, Regis P Kowalski

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Article in Ophthalmology. Retina. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
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9citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Areas of uncertainty in endophthalmitis care.World journal of clinical cases · 2026
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  4. Preventive factors, diagnosis, and management of injection-related endophthalmitis: a literature review.Graefe's archive for clinical and experimental ophthalmology = Albrecht von Graefes Archiv fur klinische und experimentelle Ophthalmologie · 2022
    Review
  5. Endophthalmitis outbreak caused by Fusarium oxysporum after cataract surgery.American journal of ophthalmology case reports · 2022
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shilpa KodatiThe Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory and Retina Service, UPMC Eye Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Andrew W EllerThe Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory and Retina Service, UPMC Eye Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
Regis P KowalskiThe Charles T. Campbell Ophthalmic Microbiology Laboratory and Retina Service, UPMC Eye Center, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center · US

Funding

Virus Production and Manipulation of Protein/Gene Expression ModuleP30EY008098 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Ethan A Rossi · 1989 to 2026
$17.8M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY008098
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo investigate the

designRetrospective non-comparative laboratory case series. SUBJECTS: Endophthalmitis patients that were culture positive for bacteria.

methodsLaboratory records of bacteria isolated from endophthalmitis specimens collected from January 1

main outcome measuresThe

resultsPatients with endophthalmitis were culture positive for bacteria in 665 cases.. Coagulase negative

conclusionsBased on standard

Identifiers

PMID28845474
PMCPMC5567778
OpenAlexW2581676352

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