Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29133561›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Outcomes of Vancomycin plus a β-Lactam versus Vancomycin Only for Treatment of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.

James Truong, John J Veillette, Steve C Forland

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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21citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

James TruongDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, California, USA jimtrc1779@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7980-2852
John J VeilletteDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, California, USA.
Steve C ForlandDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Loma Linda, California, USA.
Loma Linda University · USLoma Linda University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this retrospective study was to compare the rates of treatment failure, which was a composite of clinical and microbiologic failure, of patients receiving vancomycin and a β-lactam to those receiving vancomycin only for methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

AdultAgedAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiabeta-LactamsDrug Administration ScheduleDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleHumansMaleMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisRetrospective StudiesSex FactorsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamsVancomycinantimicrobial combinationsbacteremiabeta-lactamsMRSAvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID29133561
PMCPMC5786767
OpenAlexW2770377400

What OpenQuestion holds

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