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ReviewInfection and drug resistance2018

Management of complicated skin and soft tissue infections with a special focus on the role of newer antibiotics.

Hoe Nam Leong, Asok Kurup, Mak Yong Tan, Andrea Lay Hoon Kwa, Kui Hin Liau, Mark H Wilcox

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Review in Infection and drug resistance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
43citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 105 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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Hoe Nam LeongRophi Clinic, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, Singapore, Singapore, hoe_nam@yahoo.com.sg.
Asok KurupInfectious Diseases Care Private Ltd, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Mak Yong TanMy Orthopaedic Clinic, Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Andrea Lay Hoon KwaDepartment of Pharmacy, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore.
Kui Hin LiauLIAU KH Specialist Clinic, Mount Elizabeth Novena Specialist Centre, Singapore, Singapore.
Mark H WilcoxDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital · SGGleneagles Hospital · SGMount Elizabeth Hospital · SGNational University of Singapore · SGUniversity of Leeds · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Complicated skin and soft tissue infections (cSSTIs) represent the severe form of infectious disease that involves deeper soft tissues. Involvement of methicillin-resistant

Indexed as

antibioticscomplicated skin and soft tissue infectionsmethicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusSingapore

Identifiers

PMID30464538
PMCPMC6208867
OpenAlexW2898192015

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