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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

The Orotomide Olorofim Is Efficacious in an Experimental Model of Central Nervous System Coccidioidomycosis.

Nathan P Wiederhold, Laura K Najvar, Rosie Jaramillo, Marcos Olivo, Michael Birch, Derek Law, John H Rex, Gabriel Catano, Thomas F Patterson

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

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0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Drug Discovery and Repurposing forJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  10. Olorofim activity against multidrug-resistantAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025
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  14. Coccidioidomycosis: a growing global concern.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2025
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  15. Olorofim demonstratesAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025
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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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nathan P WiederholdUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA wiederholdn@uthscsa.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2225-5122
Laura K NajvarUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Rosie JaramilloUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Marcos OlivoUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Michael BirchF2G, Ltd., Manchester, United Kingdom.
Derek LawF2G, Ltd., Manchester, United Kingdom.
John H RexF2G, Ltd., Manchester, United Kingdom.
Gabriel CatanoUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Thomas F PattersonUniversity of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201000038CNIAID NIH HHS HHSN272201000038I
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Olorofim (formerly F901318) is an advanced analog of the orotomide class that inhibits fungal pyrimidine biosynthesis. We evaluated the

Indexed as

AcetamidesAnimalsAntifungal AgentsCentral Nervous SystemCoccidioidesCoccidioidomycosisDisease Models, AnimalFluconazoleMaleMiceMice, Inbred ICRMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPiperazinesPyrimidinesPyrrolesAcetamidesAntifungal AgentsFluconazoleolorofimPiperazinespyrimidinePyrimidinesPyrrolescentral nervous systemCoccidioides immitiscoccidioidomycosisF901318olorofim

Identifiers

PMID29941638
PMCPMC6125497
OpenAlexW2811353287

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