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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2020

Comparison of Cefepime-Cefpirome and Carbapenem Therapy for Acinetobacter Bloodstream Infection in a Multicenter Study.

Yea-Yuan Chang, Ya-Sung Yang, Shang-Liang Wu, Yung-Chih Wang, Te-Li Chen, Yi-Tzu Lee, ACTION Study Group

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.1field-weighted citation impact, top 64% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Yea-Yuan ChangDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan.
Ya-Sung YangDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shang-Liang WuSchool of Medicine, Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Queensland, Australia.
Yung-Chih WangDivision of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Te-Li Chen
Yi-Tzu LeeDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan s851009@yahoo.com.tw.
ACTION Study Group
Griffith University · AUNational Defense Medical Center · TWNational Taipei University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TWTaipei Veterans General Hospital · TWTri-Service General Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbapenems are currently the preferred agents for the treatment of serious

Indexed as

AcinetobacterAcinetobacter baumanniiAcinetobacter InfectionsBacteremiaSepsisAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsCefepimeCefpiromeCephalosporinsHumansRetrospective StudiesTaiwanAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsCefepimeCefpiromeCephalosporinsAcinetobacterappropriatebacteremiacarbapenemcefepimecefpirome

Identifiers

PMID32179523
PMCPMC7269511
OpenAlexW3012086556

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Registered trials

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