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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Effect of Antimicrobial Agents on Inflammatory Cytokines in Acute Leptospirosis.

Narmada Fernando, Rajiva de Silva, Shiroma M Handunnetti, Lilani Karunanayake, Nipun Lakshitha De Silva, H Janaka de Silva, Senaka Rajapakse, Sunil Premawansa

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

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Predictors of severe leptospirosis: a review.European journal of medical research · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
  4. Raised levels of Il-6, Il-17a, and Il-22 in fatal leptospirosis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
    Article
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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Narmada FernandoInstitute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka narfernando@gmail.com.
Rajiva de SilvaDepartment of Immunology, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Shiroma M HandunnettiInstitute of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Lilani KarunanayakeNational Leptospirosis Reference Laboratory, Medical Research Institute, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Nipun Lakshitha De SilvaTropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
H Janaka de SilvaFaculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Ragama, Sri Lanka.
Senaka RajapakseTropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Sunil PremawansaFaculty of Science, University of Colombo, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
University of Colombo · LKMedical Research Institute · LKUniversity of Kelaniya · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the inflammatory cytokine response and possible association with antimicrobial treatment with penicillin, ceftriaxone, and doxycycline in acute leptospirosis. In the early acute stage, interleukin-10 (IL-10) levels were higher in mild cases than in severe cases (

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsCytokinesDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansInterleukin-10Interleukin-6Interleukin-8LeptospirosisMaleAnti-Infective AgentsCytokinesIL10 protein, humanInterleukin-10Interleukin-6Interleukin-8ceftriaxoneinflammatory cytokinesinterleukin-8leptospirosis

Identifiers

PMID29507072
PMCPMC5923126
OpenAlexW2789475214

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