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ReviewExpert review of anti-infective therapy2019

Biological challenges of phage therapy and proposed solutions: a literature review.

Katherine M Caflisch, Gina A Suh, Robin Patel

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In one paragraph

Review in Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 66 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
66citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

66 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Bacteriophages targetingFrontiers in microbiology · 2026
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  10. Virus Enhanced Microrobots for Biofilm Eradication.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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6 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Katherine M CaflischDepartment of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Gina A SuhDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Robin PatelDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6344-4141
Mayo Clinic in Arizona · USMayo Clinic · US

Funding

Antibacterial Resistance Leadership Group (ARLG)UM1AI104681 · NIAID · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI Vance G. Fowler, Henry F HENRY CHAMBERS · 2013 to 2026
$180.8M
Musculoskeletal Research Training ProgramT32AR056950 · NIAMS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Jennifer J Westendorf · 2009 to 2026
$7.0M
The Electricidal Effect, a Novel Anti-Biofilm StrategyR01AI091594 · NIAID · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI Haluk Beyenal, Robin Patel · 2011 to 2026
$5.5M
Molecular Detection of Biofilms on Hip and Knee ImplantsR01AR056647 · NIAMS · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PATEL, ROBIN · 2009 to 2020
$4.5M
Engineered Polymer Nanoemulsions for Treatment of Wound Biofilm InfectionsR01AI134770 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST · PI Robin Patel, VINCENT M. ROTELLO · 2018 to 2026
$3.5M
Disappearance of rifampin resistance in MRSA foreign body osteomyelitisR21AI125870 · NIAID · MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER · PI PATEL, ROBIN · 2016 to 2017
$437k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091594NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134770NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI125870NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI104681NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR056647NIAMS NIH HHS T32 AR056950
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBacterial InfectionsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansPhage TherapyAnti-Bacterial AgentsendolysinPhagephage resistancephage therapyphagotherapy

Identifiers

PMID31735090
PMCPMC6919273
OpenAlexW2988797876

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Registered trials

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