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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Pneumonia and Renal Replacement Therapy Are Risk Factors for Ceftazidime-Avibactam Treatment Failures and Resistance among Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections.

Ryan K Shields, M Hong Nguyen, Liang Chen, Ellen G Press, Barry N Kreiswirth, Cornelius J Clancy

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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 150 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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150citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

150 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 281 citations in OpenAlex.

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90 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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan K ShieldsDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
M Hong NguyenDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA mhn5@pitt.edu.
Liang ChenPublic Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Ellen G PressDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Barry N KreiswirthPublic Health Research Institute Tuberculosis Center, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.
Cornelius J ClancyDepartment of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

The molecular basis of the epidemic blaKPC gene KlebsiellaR01AI090155 · NIAID · UNIV OF MED/DENT OF NJ-NJ MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI KREISWIRTH, BARRY NEAL · 2011 to 2021
$7.2M
Caspofungin pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics during intra-adbominal candidiasisK08AI114883 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SHIELDS, RYAN K · 2015 to 2019
$858k
Evolution of KPC-K pneumoniae that persist in patients on prolonged antibioticsR21AI111037 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CLANCY, CORNELIUS J · 2015 to 2016
$465k
Chromosomal and plasmid contributions to colistin resistance and virulence in KPC-producing Klebsiella pneumoniaeR21AI128338 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI NGUYEN, M. HONG THI · 2017 to 2018
$444k
Genomic variation in epidemic carbapenem-resistant K.pneumoniaeR21AI117338 · NIAID · RBHS-NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI CHEN, LIANG · 2016 to 2017
$437k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI114883NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI090155NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI111037NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI117338NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI128338
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ceftazidime-avibactam was used to treat 77 patients with carbapenem-resistant

Indexed as

AdultAgedAged, 80 and overAzabicyclo CompoundsCarbapenem-Resistant EnterobacteriaceaeCeftazidimeDrug CombinationsEnterobacteriaceae InfectionsFemaleHumansMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMiddle AgedPneumoniaRenal Replacement TherapyRisk Factorsavibactam, ceftazidime drug combinationAzabicyclo CompoundsCeftazidimeDrug Combinationsceftazidime-avibactamCREfailureKlebsiella pneumoniaeoutcomespneumoniarenal replacement therapy

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PMID29507064
PMCPMC5923134
OpenAlexW2792380978

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