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SynthesisAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Safety of Antistaphylococcal Penicillins Compared to Cefazolin.

Khalid Eljaaly, Samah Alshehri, Brian L Erstad

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In one paragraph

Synthesis 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 24 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
24citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.3field-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

24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Constitutional symptoms and response to Penicillin G in erysipelas and cellulitis - a monocentric, retrospective, explorative study.Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft = Journal of the German Society of Dermatology : JDDG · 2026
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  7. Synergistic antibacterial effects of pinaverium bromide and oxacillin againstZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2024
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  9. Contemporary Management of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia-Controversies in Clinical Practice.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2023
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  10. Post-treatment outcomes of ceftriaxone versus antistaphylococcal penicillins or cefazolin for definitive therapy of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2023
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  13. Investigational agents for the treatment of methicillin-resistantExpert opinion on investigational drugs · 2022
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  14. Frontiers in medicine · 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 2 countries.

Khalid EljaalyDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia keljaaly@kau.edu.sa.ORCID 0000-0002-8355-8637
Samah AlshehriDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Brian L ErstadDepartment of Pharmacy Practice and Science, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies and experience suggest that cefazolin might be equally as effective as antistaphylococcal penicillins for methicillin-susceptible

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCefazolinOdds RatioOxacillinPenicillinsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsCefazolinOxacillinPenicillinsantistaphylococcal penicillinscefazolinMSSAnafcillinoxacillin

Identifiers

PMID29437617
PMCPMC5913998
OpenAlexW2789314257

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Registered trials

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