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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Antibiotic Delivery Strategies to Treat Skin Infections When Innate Antimicrobial Defense Fails.

R Smith, J Russo, J Fiegel, N Brogden

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In one paragraph

Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
8.6field-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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Integrating in vivo and in silico: a comprehensive study of Helix aspersa mucin's therapeutic properties.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026
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  14. Living Microneedles for Intradermal Delivery of Beneficial Bacteria.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2025
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  17. Broadly Accessible 3DACS applied materials & interfaces · 2024
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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R SmithDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
J RussoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
J FiegelDepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
N BrogdenDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Pulmonary Toxicology Facility CoreP30ES005605 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI Jong Sung Kim · 1990 to 2026
$40.5M
NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES005605
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The epidermal skin barrier protects the body from a host of daily challenges, providing protection against mechanical insults and the absorption of chemicals and xenobiotics. In addition to the physical barrier, the epidermis also presents an innate defense against microbial overgrowth. This is achieved through the presence of a diverse collection of microorganisms on the skin (the "microbiota") that maintain a delicate balance with the host and play a significant role in overall human health. When the skin is wounded, the local tissue with a compromised barrier can become colonized and ultimately infected if bacterial growth overcomes the host response. Wound infections present an immense burden in healthcare costs and decreased quality of life for patients, and treatment becomes increasingly important because of the negative impact that infection has on slowing the rate of wound healing. In this review, we discuss specific challenges of treating wound infections and the advances in drug delivery platforms and formulations that are under development to improve topical delivery of antimicrobial treatments.

Indexed as

antibioticantimicrobialbacteriabiofilminfectionmicrobiomeskintopicalwound

Identifiers

PMID32024064
PMCPMC7168299
OpenAlexW3003924126

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Registered trials

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