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ArticleACS infectious diseases2018

Pharmacokinetics of β-Lactam Antibiotics: Clues from the Past To Help Discover Long-Acting Oral Drugs in the Future.

Paul W Smith, Fabio Zuccotto, Robert H Bates, Maria Santos Martinez-Martinez, Kevin D Read, Caroline Peet, Ola Epemolu

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Article in ACS infectious diseases, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Identification of β-Lactams Active againstACS infectious diseases · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Fabio ZuccottoDrug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences , University of Dundee , Dow Street , Dundee . DDI 5EH , U.K.
Robert H BatesGlobal Health R&D , GlaxoSmithKline , Calle Severo Ochoa 2 , 28760 Tres Cantos , Madrid , Spain.
Maria Santos Martinez-MartinezGlobal Health R&D , GlaxoSmithKline , Calle Severo Ochoa 2 , 28760 Tres Cantos , Madrid , Spain.
Kevin D ReadDrug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences , University of Dundee , Dow Street , Dundee . DDI 5EH , U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-8536-0130
Caroline PeetDrug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences , University of Dundee , Dow Street , Dundee . DDI 5EH , U.K.
Ola EpemoluDrug Discovery Unit, Wellcome Centre for Anti-Infectives Research, School of Life Sciences , University of Dundee , Dow Street , Dundee . DDI 5EH , U.K.
University of Dundee · GBGlaxoSmithKline (Spain) · ES

Funding

Wellcome Trust 100195/Z/12/ZWellcome Trust 203134/Z/16/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

β-Lactams represent perhaps the most important class of antibiotics yet discovered. However, despite many years of active research, none of the currently approved drugs in this class combine oral activity with long duration of action. Recent developments suggest that new β-lactam antibiotics with such a profile would have utility in the treatment of tuberculosis. Consequently, the historical β-lactam pharmacokinetic data have been compiled and analyzed to identify possible directions and drug discovery strategies aimed toward new β-lactam antibiotics with this profile.

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Administration, OralAnimalsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamsBiological AvailabilityCell Membrane PermeabilityDrug DiscoveryHalf-LifeHaplorhiniHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisProtein BindingRetrospective StudiesSolubilityTreatment OutcomeTuberculosisAnti-Bacterial Agentsbeta-LactamscarbapenemcephalosporinM. tuberculosispenicillinpharmacokineticsβ-lactam

Identifiers

PMID30141902
PMCPMC6189874
OpenAlexW2888243499

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