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Trial reportAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Molecular Characterization of Nasal Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Isolates Showing Increasing Prevalence of Mupirocin Resistance and Associated Multidrug Resistance following Attempted Decolonization.

Toney T Poovelikunnel, Paulo E Budri, Anna C Shore, David C Coleman, Hilary Humphreys, Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes

Open access · bronzeAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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In one paragraph

Trial report 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 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Mupirocin forPediatrics · 2019
    Trial
  2. Review
  3. D-alanine aminotransferase (Dat) promotesbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Toney T PoovelikunnelDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland toneythomas@beaumont.ie.ORCID 0000-0002-0288-9865
Paulo E BudriDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Anna C ShoreMicrobiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-6667-0918
David C ColemanMicrobiology Research Unit, Division of Oral Biosciences, Dublin Dental University Hospital, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0003-1797-2888
Hilary HumphreysDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Deirdre Fitzgerald-HughesDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Education and Research Centre, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland · IETrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sequential methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacterial LoadCarrier StateDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansLongitudinal StudiesMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMupirocinNoseStaphylococcal InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsMupirocinMRSAmultidrug resistancemupirocinStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID29914942
PMCPMC6125569
OpenAlexW2807844959

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