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ReviewEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2018

Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an endemic area: comparison with global data.

Theodoros Karampatakis, Charalampos Antachopoulos, Athanassios Tsakris, Emmanuel Roilides

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Review in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Theodoros KarampatakisInfectious Diseases Unit, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, School of Health Sciences, Hippokration General Hospital, Konstantinoupoleos 49, GR-546 42, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Charalampos AntachopoulosInfectious Diseases Unit, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, School of Health Sciences, Hippokration General Hospital, Konstantinoupoleos 49, GR-546 42, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Athanassios TsakrisMicrobiology Department, National and Kapodistrian University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
Emmanuel RoilidesInfectious Diseases Unit, 3rd Department of Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, School of Health Sciences, Hippokration General Hospital, Konstantinoupoleos 49, GR-546 42, Thessaloniki, Greece. roilides@med.auth.gr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0202-364X
Hippocration General Hospital · GRIppokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa (CRPA) is an endemic problem in certain countries including Greece. CRPA and multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa (MDRPA) firstly emerged in our region during the 80s, right after the launch of imipenem and meropenem as therapeutic agents against P. aeruginosa infections. The role of outer membrane protein (Opr) inactivation has been known to contribute to imipenem resistance since many years, while efflux overexpression systems have been mainly associated with meropenem resistance. Among carbapenemases, metallo-β-lactamases (MBL) and mostly Verona integron-mediated (VIM) MBL's have played the most crucial role in CRPA emergence. VIM-2 and VIM-4 producing CRPA, usually belonging to clonal complexes (CC) 111 and 235 respectively, have most frequently been isolated. Bla

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Proteinsbeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialGreeceHumansImipenemMeropenemMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMolecular EpidemiologyPorinsPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsThienamycinsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial Proteinsbeta-lactamase bla(vim-2)beta-lactamase bla(VIM-4), Pseudomonas aeruginosabeta-LactamasescarbapenemaseCarbapenemsImipenemMeropenemPorinsThienamycinsCarbapenem resistanceEndemic areaGreeceMolecular epidemiologyPseudomonas aeruginosa

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PMID29644540
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