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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2018

Maroun Sfeir, Marissa Walsh, Rossana Rosa, Laura Aragon, Sze Yan Liu, Timothy Cleary, Marylee Worley, Corey Frederick, Lilian M Abbo

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Maroun SfeirDivision of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York.
Marissa WalshDepartment of Pharmacy, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York.
Rossana RosaDepartment of Medicine, UnityPoint Health, Iowa.
Laura AragonDepartment of Pharmacy, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
Sze Yan LiuDepartment of Healthcare Policy and Research, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York.
Timothy ClearyDepartment of Pathology, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida.
Marylee WorleyDepartment of Pharmacy, Nova Southeastern University, Miami, Florida.
Corey FrederickDepartment of Pharmacy, Memorial Regional Hospital, Miami, Florida.
Lilian M AbboDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
Cornell University · USJackson Memorial Hospital · USMemorial Regional Hospital · USNova Southeastern University · USRoswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center · USUnityPoint Health · USUniversity of Miami · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInfections caused by

methodsA retrospective cohort study of hospitalized adults with a positive culture for

resultsOne hundred eight patients were analyzed. The mean age was 50.81 ± 21.03 years, 57 (52.8%) were females, and 41 (38%) Hispanics. Eleven (10.2%) had end-stage renal disease, 34 (31.5%) were on immunosuppressive therapy, and 40% had chronic lung disease. Fifty-nine organisms (54.6%) were isolated in respiratory sources, 21 (19.4%) in blood, 10 (9.2%) skin and soft tissue, and 9 (8.3%) intra-abdominal. Antimicrobial susceptibility reports were available for 64 (59.3%) of the patients. Most of the isolates were susceptible to clarithromycin, amikacin, and tigecycline (93.8%, 93.8%, and 89.1%, respectively). None of the isolates were susceptible to trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole, and only 1 (1.6%) was susceptible to ciprofloxacin. Thirty-six (33.3%) patients early failed treatment; of those, 17 (15.7%) died while hospitalized. On multivariate analysis, risk factors significantly associated with early treatment failure were disseminated infection (odds ratio [OR], 11.79; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.53-81.69;

conclusionsOur cohort of 108

Indexed as

clinical outcomeepidemiologyerm geneinfectionsMycobacterium abscessustreatment failure

Identifiers

PMID29450214
PMCPMC5808791
OpenAlexW2792141177

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