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Trial reportAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2020

Afabicin, a First-in-Class Antistaphylococcal Antibiotic, in the Treatment of Acute Bacterial Skin and Skin Structure Infections: Clinical Noninferiority to Vancomycin/Linezolid.

Frederick Wittke, Catherine Vincent, James Chen, Barry Heller, Heidi Kabler, J Scott Overcash, François Leylavergne, Guennaëlle Dieppois

Open access · hybridAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
In one paragraph

Trial report 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 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. [New antimicrobial substances to combat increasing resistance].Innere Medizin (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2026
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  19. Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance: Innovative Drugs in Antibacterial Research.Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) · 2025
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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

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Frederick WittkeDebiopharm International SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Catherine VincentDebiopharm International SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
James ChenSouthbay Pharma Research, Buena Park, California, USA.
Barry HellerLong Beach Clinical Trials, Long Beach, California, USA.
Heidi KablerSunrise Hospital and Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
J Scott OvercasheStudySite, San Diego, California, USA.
François LeylavergneDebiopharm International SA, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Guennaëlle DieppoisDebiopharm International SA, Lausanne, Switzerland guennaelle.dieppois@debiopharm.com.ORCID 0000-0002-8319-4079
Debiopharm (Switzerland) · CHSouthbay Pharma Research · USSunrise Hospital & Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Afabicin (formerly Debio 1450, AFN-1720) is a prodrug of afabicin desphosphono, an enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase (FabI) inhibitor, and is a first-in-class antibiotic with a novel mode of action to specifically target fatty acid synthesis in

Indexed as

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusSkin Diseases, BacterialAnti-Bacterial AgentsBenzofuransDouble-Blind MethodHumansLinezolidNaphthyridinesTreatment OutcomeVancomycinafabicinAnti-Bacterial AgentsBenzofuransLinezolidNaphthyridinesVancomycinABSSSIafabicinefficacyFabI inhibitorphase IIsafetystaphylococcus

Identifiers

PMID32747361
PMCPMC7508579
OpenAlexW3047105422

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