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ReviewMicroorganisms2022

Phascinating Phages.

Marek Straka, Martina Dubinová, Adriána Liptáková

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Microorganisms, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 24% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Complete genome sequences of fourMicrobiology resource announcements · 2025
    Article
  2. Article
  3. Bacteriophages againstFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
    Review
  4. In Vitro Susceptibility of Clinical and Carrier Strains ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024
    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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marek StrakaMedical Faculty, Institute of Microbiology, Comenius University in Bratislava, 81108 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0001-6316-1934
Martina DubinováMedical Faculty, Institute of Microbiology, Comenius University in Bratislava, 81108 Bratislava, Slovakia.
Adriána LiptákováMedical Faculty, Institute of Microbiology, Comenius University in Bratislava, 81108 Bratislava, Slovakia.ORCID 0000-0002-1677-0590
Comenius University Bratislava · SKVysoká Škola Zdravotníctva a Sociálnej Práce sv. Alžbety · SK

Funding

KEGA 002UK-4/2022PROMEGA 13/2022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Treatment of infections caused by bacteria has become more complex due to the increasing number of bacterial strains that are resistant to conventional antimicrobial therapy. A highly promising alternative appears to be bacteriophage (phage) therapy, in which natural predators of bacteria, bacteriophages, play a role. Although these viruses were first discovered in 1917, the development of phage therapy was impacted by the discovery of antibiotics, which spread more quickly and effectively in medical practice. Despite this, phage therapy has a long history in Eastern Europe; however, Western countries are currently striving to reintroduce phage therapy as a tool in the fight against diseases caused by drug-resistant bacteria. This review describes phage biology, bacterial and phage competition mechanisms, and the benefits and drawbacks of phage therapy. The results of various laboratory experiments, and clinical cases where phage therapy was administered, are described.

Indexed as

antibiotic therapybacteriophagesdrug-resistant bacteriaphage therapy

Identifiers

PMID35889083
PMCPMC9320029
OpenAlexW4286633218

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Registered trials

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