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ArticleNature2022

Basis of narrow-spectrum activity of fidaxomicin on Clostridioides difficile.

Xinyun Cao, Hande Boyaci, James Chen, Yu Bao, Robert Landick, Elizabeth A Campbell

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Article in Nature, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.3field-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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xinyun Cao *Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7346-3909
Hande Boyaci *Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States.
James ChenLaboratory of Molecular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States.
Yu BaoDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Robert LandickDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States. rlandick@wisc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-0383
Elizabeth A CampbellLaboratory of Molecular Biophysics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, United States. campbee@rockefeller.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1332-128X
Rockefeller University · USUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

TRD #3: An automated and streamlined pipeline for in-situ molecular microscopyP41GM103310 · NIGMS · SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, THE · PI DE MARCO, ALEX, KIEFT, JEFFREY S · 2012 to 2021
$14.7M
STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX RNA HAIRPINSR01GM038660 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Robert Landick · 1992 to 2026
$12.2M
Structure/Function of Transcription Complex RNA HairpinsR37GM038660 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI LANDICK, ROBERT · 2001 to 2010
$5.5M
Structure/function analyses of essential mycobacterial transcription regulatorsR01GM114450 · NIGMS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI CAMPBELL, ELIZABETH A · 2015 to 2023
$3.4M
Acquisition of Detector for JEOL 3200 FSC Electron MicroscopeS10OD019994 · OD · NEW YORK STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY CENTER · PI CARRAGHER, BRIDGET OLIVIA · 2015 to 2015
$600k
STRUCTURE/FUNCTION OF TRANSCRIPTION COMPLEX RNA HAIRPINSR29GM038660 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI LANDICK, ROBERT · 1987 to 1991
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NIGMS NIH HHS P41 GM103310NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM038660NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM114450NIGMS NIH HHS R37 GM038660NIH HHS GM103310NIH HHS GM38660NIH HHS OD019994NIH HHS S10 OD019994
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fidaxomicin (Fdx) is widely used to treat Clostridioides difficile (Cdiff) infections, but the molecular basis of its narrow-spectrum activity in the human gut microbiome remains unknown. Cdiff infections are a leading cause of nosocomial deaths

Indexed as

Clostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsClostridioidesCryoelectron MicroscopyDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesFidaxomicinHumansAnti-Bacterial AgentsDNA-Directed RNA PolymerasesFidaxomicin

Identifiers

PMID35388215
PMCPMC9635844
OpenAlexW4224286658

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Registered trials

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