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ReviewArchives of microbiology2020

Diabetes-associated infections: development of antimicrobial resistance and possible treatment strategies.

Muhammad Sajid Hamid Akash, Kanwal Rehman, Fareeha Fiayyaz, Shakila Sabir, Mohsin Khurshid

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Review in Archives of microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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81citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
11.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 176 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Muhammad Sajid Hamid AkashDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan. sajidakash@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9446-5233
Kanwal RehmanDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. kanwalakash@gmail.com.
Fareeha FiayyazDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Shakila SabirDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Mohsin KhurshidDepartment of Microbiology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Government College University, Faisalabad · PKUniversity of Agriculture Faisalabad · PK

Funding

Higher Education Commision, Pakistan 5661/Punjab/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016 and 8365/Punjab/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2017Higher Education Commision, Pakistan 6429/Punjab/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus is associated with various types of infections notably skin, mucous membrane, soft tissue, urinary tract, respiratory tract and surgical and/or hospital-associated infections. The reason behind this frequent association with infections is an immunocompromised state of diabetic patient because uncontrolled hyperglycemia impairs overall immunity of diabetic patient via involvement of various mechanistic pathways that lead to the diabetic patient as immunocompromised. There are specific microbes that are associated with each type of infection and their presence indicates specific type of infections. For instance, E. coli and Klebsiella are the most common causative pathogens responsible for the development of urinary tract infections. Diabetic-foot infections commonly occur in diabetic patients. In this article, we have mainly focused on the association of diabetes mellitus with various types of bacterial infections and the pattern of resistance against antimicrobial agents that are frequently used for the treatment of diabetes-associated infections. Moreover, we have also summarized the possible treatment strategies against diabetes-associated infections.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaBacterial InfectionsDiabetes ComplicationsDiabetes MellitusDrug Resistance, BacterialFemaleHumansHyperglycemiaImmunocompromised HostMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRespiratory Tract InfectionsUrinary Tract InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntimicrobial resistanceDiabetes-associated surgical site infectionsDiabetic-foot infections

Identifiers

PMID32016521
PMCPMC7223138
OpenAlexW3003255202

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