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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2018

In vitro activity of ceftazidime-avibactam, ceftolozane-tazobactam, and other comparable agents against clinically important Gram-negative bacilli: results from the 2017 Surveillance of Multicenter Antimicrobial Resistance in Taiwan (SMART).

Shio-Shin Jean, Min-Chi Lu, Zhi-Yuan Shi, Shu-Hui Tseng, Ting-Shu Wu, Po-Liang Lu, Pei-Lan Shao, Wen-Chien Ko, Fu-Der Wang, Po-Ren Hsueh

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Article 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 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 3 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 9 institutions in 1 country.

Shio-Shin JeanDepartment of Emergency Medicine and Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Min-Chi LuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
Zhi-Yuan ShiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
Shu-Hui TsengCenter for Disease Control and Prevention, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan.
Ting-Shu WuDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou, Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Taoyuan, Taiwan.
Po-Liang LuDepartment of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Pei-Lan ShaoDepartment of Pediatrics, Hsin-Chu Branch, National Taiwan University Hospital, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
Wen-Chien KoDepartment of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Medical College and Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Fu-Der WangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, fdwang@vghtpe.gov.tw.
Po-Ren HsuehDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan.
National Taiwan University Hospital · TWChang Gung University · TWChina Medical University · TWKaohsiung Medical University · TWMinistry of Health and Welfare · TWNational Cheng Kung University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaichung Veterans General Hospital · TWWan Fang Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe investigated the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of clinically important Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) from 16 major teaching hospitals in Taiwan in 2017. MATERIALS AND

methods

resultsFive (0.7%)

conclusionThird-generation cephalosporins remain the optimal choice for treating NTS,

Indexed as

avibactamcarbapenemaseceftazidimeceftolozane-tazobactamEnterobacteriaceaeextended-spectrum β-lactamasesNeisseria gonorrhoeae

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PMID30464540
PMCPMC6208934
OpenAlexW2898119198

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