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ArticleInfectious diseases (London, England)2018

Daptomycin and combination daptomycin-ceftaroline as salvage therapy for persistent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.

Nicolas Cortes-Penfield, Nora T Oliver, Andrew Hunter, Maria Rodriguez-Barradas

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Article in Infectious diseases (London, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Treatment of Methicillin-ResistantMedicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. β-Lactam Adjunctive Therapy Compared to Vancomycin or Daptomycin Monotherapy in Adult Patients With Methicillin-ResistantThe Canadian journal of infectious diseases & medical microbiology = Journal canadien des maladies infectieuses et de la microbiologie medicale · 2025
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  8. Persistent Methicillin-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  17. Adjunctive β-lactams forTherapeutic advances in infectious disease
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nicolas Cortes-Penfielda Department of Medicine , Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.
Nora T Oliverb Section of Infectious Diseases , Atlanta VA Medical Center , Atlanta , GA , USA.
Andrew Hunterd Section of Infectious Diseases , Medical Care Line, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center , Houston , TX , USA.
Maria Rodriguez-Barradasa Department of Medicine , Section of Infectious Diseases, Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.
Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center · USBaylor College of Medicine · USEmory University · US

Funding

Research Training in Infections and ImmunityT32AI055413 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI GIORDANO, THOMAS P, MYSOREKAR, INDIRA U · 2003 to 2024
$3.2M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI055413
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

DaptomycinMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteremiaCeftarolineCephalosporinsHumansMethicillinMicrobial Sensitivity TestsSalvage TherapyStaphylococcal InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsCeftarolineCephalosporinsDaptomycinMethicillin

Identifiers

PMID29508663
PMCPMC6109258
OpenAlexW2789430071

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Registered trials

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