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ReviewDrugs in R&D2022

Exebacase: A Novel Approach to the Treatment of Staphylococcal Infections.

Matthew W McCarthy

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Review in Drugs in R&D, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The evolving landscape ofFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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  2. Treatment of Methicillin-ResistantMedicines (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  5. Antibiotics in anesthesia and critical care.Annals of translational medicine · 2024
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  9. The effect ofFrontiers in immunology · 2023
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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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Matthew W McCarthyWeill Cornell Medical College, 525 East 68th Street, Box 130, New York, NY, 10065, USA. mwm9004@med.cornell.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3453-935X
Cornell University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lysins are bacteriophage-derived enzymes that degrade essential components of bacteria. Exebacase (Lysin CF-301) is an attractive antimicrobial agent because it demonstrates rapid bacteriolytic activity against staphylococcal species, including Staphylococcus aureus, has a low resistance profile, eradicates biofilms, and acts synergistically with other antibiotics. Combinations including exebacase and standard of care antibiotics represent an alternative to antibiotic monotherapies currently used to treat invasive staphylococcal infections. This manuscript reviews what is known about exebacase and explores how this novel agent may be used in the future to treat human bacterial pathogens.

Indexed as

Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusStaphylococcal InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID35175568
PMCPMC9167414
OpenAlexW4212768449

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Registered trials

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