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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Pentamidine for Prophylaxis against Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia in Pediatric Oncology Patients Receiving Immunosuppressive Chemotherapy.

Melissa Quinn, J T Fannin, Joseph Sciasci, Allison Bragg, Patrick K Campbell, Delia Carias, Kristine R Crews, David Gregornik, Sima Jeha, Gabriela Maron and 4 more

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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 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

14 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Melissa QuinnPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA melissa.quinn@stjude.org william.greene@stjude.org.
J T FanninPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Joseph SciasciPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Allison BraggPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Patrick K CampbellDepartment of Oncology, Leukemia/Lymphoma Division, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Delia CariasPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Kristine R CrewsPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
David GregornikPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Sima JehaDepartment of Oncology, Leukemia/Lymphoma Division, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Gabriela MaronDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Jennifer L PauleyPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Hope D SwansonPharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
Joshua WolfDepartment of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
William GreenePharmaceutical Department, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA melissa.quinn@stjude.org william.greene@stjude.org.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Immunocompromised HostAdministration, IntravenousAerosolsAntifungal AgentsChild, PreschoolFemaleHematologic NeoplasmsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsInfantInfant, NewbornMaleNervous System NeoplasmsPentamidinePneumocystis cariniiAerosolsAntifungal AgentsImmunosuppressive AgentsPentamidineTrimethoprim, Sulfamethoxazole Drug CombinationoncologypediatricpentamidinePneumocystis jiroveciiprophylaxis

Identifiers

PMID29866879
PMCPMC6105857
OpenAlexW2806044404

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