Evidence map›Paper›PMID 35259067›Full record

ArticleEmerging microbes & infections2022

Effective phage cocktail to combat the rising incidence of extensively drug-resistant

Willames M B S Martins, Mei Li, Kirsty Sands, Michael H Lenzi, Edward Portal, Jordan Mathias, Priscila P Dantas, Roberta Migliavacca, James R Hunter, Eduardo A Medeiros and 2 more

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Emerging microbes & infections, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.4field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Article
  3. Synergistic Antibacterial and Antibiofilm Effects of (KW)Journal of peptide science : an official publication of the European Peptide Society · 2026
    Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. StudiesAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy · 2025
    Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
    Article
  18. Article
  19. Article
  20. Article
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

12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Willames M B S MartinsDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Mei LiDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Kirsty SandsDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Michael H LenziDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Edward PortalDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Jordan MathiasDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Priscila P DantasDivision of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Hospital São Paulo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Roberta MigliavaccaDepartment of Clinical-Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, Unit of Microbiology and Clinical Microbiology, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
James R HunterDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Eduardo A MedeirosDivision of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Hospital São Paulo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ana C GalesDivision of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil.
Mark A TolemanDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Cardiff University · GBUniversidade Federal de São Paulo · BRHospital São Paulo · BRUniversity of Pavia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteriophages are the most abundant organisms on Earth. As there are few effective treatment options against some pathogens, the interest in the bacteriophage control of multi-drug-resistant bacterial pathogens is escalating, especially for

Indexed as

BacteriophagesKlebsiella pneumoniaeAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansIncidenceMeropenemMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsMeropenemAntimicrobial resistancebiofilmenterobacteralessynergismviruses

Identifiers

PMID35259067
PMCPMC9004492
OpenAlexW4221134753

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.