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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

New Carbapenemase Inhibitors: Clearing the Way for the β-Lactams.

Juan C Vázquez-Ucha, Jorge Arca-Suárez, Germán Bou, Alejandro Beceiro

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In one paragraph

Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  7. Microbiome TherapeuticJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  9. Detection of blaJournal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025
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  10. Classification and applicability of new beta-lactamase inhibitors.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2025
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  13. Reviving Furosemide as a Metallo-β-Lactamase Inhibitor against MDRJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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  16. Challenges of Carbapenem-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  18. Towards a holistic approach to pulmonary infections. Insights from the Sixth Annual Meeting of Spanish Experts 2024.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2025
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5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Juan C Vázquez-UchaServicio de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC-CICA), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), As Xubias 84, 15006 A Coruña, Spain.
Jorge Arca-SuárezServicio de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC-CICA), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), As Xubias 84, 15006 A Coruña, Spain.
Germán BouServicio de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC-CICA), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), As Xubias 84, 15006 A Coruña, Spain.
Alejandro BeceiroServicio de Microbiología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC-CICA), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), As Xubias 84, 15006 A Coruña, Spain.
Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña · ES

Funding

GAIN- Agencia Gallega de Innovación - Consellería de Economía, Emprego e Industria IN607A 2016/22Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI15/00860Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI17/01482Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI18/00501Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI20/1212Instituto de Salud Carlos III REIPI RD16/0016/006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Carbapenem resistance is a major global health problem that seriously compromises the treatment of infections caused by nosocomial pathogens. Resistance to carbapenems mainly occurs via the production of carbapenemases, such as VIM, IMP, NDM, KPC and OXA, among others. Preclinical and clinical trials are currently underway to test a new generation of promising inhibitors, together with the recently approved avibactam, relebactam and vaborbactam. This review summarizes the main, most promising carbapenemase inhibitors synthesized to date, as well as their spectrum of activity and current stage of development. We particularly focus on β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor combinations that could potentially be used to treat infections caused by carbapenemase-producer pathogens of critical priority. The emergence of these new combinations represents a step forward in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, especially in regard to metallo-β-lactamases and carbapenem-hydrolysing class D β-lactamases, not currently inhibited by any clinically approved inhibitor.

Indexed as

Drug DevelopmentBacterial InfectionsBacterial Proteinsbeta-Lactamase Inhibitorsbeta-LactamasesCarbapenemsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansBacterial Proteinsbeta-Lactamase Inhibitorsbeta-LactamasescarbapenemaseCarbapenemsantibiotic resistancecarbapenemasecarbapenem resistanceinhibitormetallo-β-lactamasesserine-β-lactamases

Identifiers

PMID33291334
PMCPMC7731173
OpenAlexW3111810096

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