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ReviewDrugs2021

The Epidemiology and Pathogenesis and Treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections: An Update.

Dan Reynolds, Marin Kollef

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Review in Drugs, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 415 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
415citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
26.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

415 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 630 citations in OpenAlex.

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355 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dan ReynoldsDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA.
Marin KollefDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA. mkollef@im.wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-0751
Washington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a Gram-negative bacterial pathogen that is a common cause of nosocomial infections, particularly pneumonia, infection in immunocompromised hosts, and in those with structural lung disease such as cystic fibrosis. Epidemiological studies have identified increasing trends of antimicrobial resistance, including multi-drug resistant (MDR) isolates in recent years. P. aeruginosa has several virulence mechanisms that increase its ability to cause severe infections, such as secreted toxins, quorum sensing and biofilm formation. Management of P. aeruginosa infections focuses on prevention when possible, obtaining cultures, and prompt initiation of antimicrobial therapy, occasionally with combination therapy depending on the clinical scenario to ensure activity against P. aeruginosa. Newer anti-pseudomonal antibiotics are available and are increasingly being used in the management of MDR P. aeruginosa.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsBronchiectasisCross InfectionCystic FibrosisDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansImmunocompromised HostInfection ControlMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsQuorum SensingAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID34743315
PMCPMC8572145
OpenAlexW3211805452

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