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ArticleCureus2020

Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations of Vancomycin and Daptomycin Against Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Isolated from Various Clinical Specimens: A Study from South India.

Vinay Kumar Moses, Venkataramana Kandi, Sanjeev Kumar D Rao

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 28% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  19. Phenotypic and Molecular Detection of Biofilm Formation in Methicillin-ResistantMediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseases · 2023
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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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Vinay Kumar MosesMicrobiology, Government Medical College, Siddipet, IND.
Venkataramana KandiClinical Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, IND.
Sanjeev Kumar D RaoMicrobiology, MNR Medical College & Hospital, Hyderabad, IND.
Government Medical College · INInstitute of Medical Sciences · INMNR Medical College and Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Staphylococci are Gram-positive cocci arranged in clusters. They are colonized in humans and animals. Also,

Indexed as

daptomycinmethicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureusminimum inhibitory concentration (mic)mrsas. aureusstaphylococcus aureusvancomycin

Identifiers

PMID32140317
PMCPMC7039364
OpenAlexW3001324556

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