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ReviewGenes and immunity2021

Microbiota-mediated protection against antibiotic-resistant pathogens.

Rekha B Panwar, Richard P Sequeira, Thomas B Clarke

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Review in Genes and immunity, 2021. 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
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Bactericidal activity of silver nanoparticles in drug-resistant bacteria.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023
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  2. Gut microbiota modulation of systemic immunity and cancer immunotherapy: mechanisms, evidence, and therapeutic implications.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rekha B Panwar *MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Richard P Sequeira *MRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK.
Thomas B ClarkeMRC Centre for Molecular Bacteriology and Infection, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London, London, UK. Thomas.Clarke@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9997-9532
Imperial College London · GB

Funding

Wellcome Trust 107660Wellcome Trust (Wellcome) 107660/Z/15Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colonization by the microbiota provides one of our most effective barriers against infection by pathogenic microbes. The microbiota protects against infection by priming immune defenses, by metabolic exclusion of pathogens from their preferred niches, and through direct antimicrobial antagonism. Disruption of the microbiota, especially by antibiotics, is a major risk factor for bacterial pathogen colonization. Restoration of the microbiota through microbiota transplantation has been shown to be an effective way to reduce pathogen burden in the intestine but comes with a number of drawbacks, including the possibility of transferring other pathogens into the host, lack of standardization, and potential disruption to host metabolism. More refined methods to exploit the power of the microbiota would allow us to utilize its protective power without the drawbacks of fecal microbiota transplantation. To achieve this requires detailed understanding of which members of the microbiota protect against specific pathogens and the mechanistic basis for their effects. In this review, we will discuss the clinical and experimental evidence that has begun to reveal which members of the microbiota protect against some of the most troublesome antibiotic-resistant pathogens: Klebsiella pneumoniae, vancomycin-resistant enterococci, and Clostridioides difficile.

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficileMicrobiotaAnti-Bacterial AgentsKlebsiella pneumoniaeAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID33947987
PMCPMC8497270
OpenAlexW3158739209

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