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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Phage Therapy as a Promising New Treatment for Lung Infection Caused by Carbapenem-Resistant

Yunfen Hua, Tingting Luo, Yiqi Yang, Dong Dong, Rui Wang, Yanjun Wang, Mengsha Xu, Xiaokui Guo, Fupin Hu, Ping He

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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 92 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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92citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

92 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.

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32 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yunfen HuaCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
Tingting LuoCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
Yiqi YangDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Dong DongInstitute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Rui WangDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Yanjun WangDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Mengsha XuCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China.
Xiaokui GuoDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Fupin HuInstitute of Antibiotics, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Ping HeDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University · CNFudan University · CNHuashan Hospital · CNZhejiang University of Technology · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbapenem-resistant

Indexed as

bacteriophagecarbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB)lung infectionmouse modelphagotherapy

Identifiers

PMID29375524
PMCPMC5767256
OpenAlexW2782730876

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