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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Potential Strategies to Control the Risk of Antifungal Resistance in Humans: A Comprehensive Review.

Ali A Rabaan, Tarek Sulaiman, Shamsah H Al-Ahmed, Zainab A Buhaliqah, Ali A Buhaliqah, Buthina AlYuosof, Mubarak Alfaresi, Mona A Al Fares, Sara Alwarthan, Mohammed S Alkathlan and 10 more

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Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

20 authors at 14 institutions in 5 countries.

Ali A RabaanMolecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran 31311, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6774-9847
Tarek SulaimanInfectious Diseases Section, Medical Specialties Department, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh 12231, Saudi Arabia.
Shamsah H Al-AhmedSpecialty Paediatric Medicine, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif 32654, Saudi Arabia.
Zainab A BuhaliqahDepartment of Family Medicine, Primary Healthcare Center, Dammam 32433, Saudi Arabia.
Ali A BuhaliqahCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Buthina AlYuosofDirectorate of Public Health, Dammam Network, Eastern Health Cluster, Dammam 31444, Saudi Arabia.
Mubarak AlfaresiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Zayed Military Hospital, Abu Dhabi 3740, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0003-2523-835X
Mona A Al FaresDepartment of Internal Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1472-0642
Sara AlwarthanDepartment of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 34212, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed S AlkathlanInfectious Diseases Department, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Buraydah 52382, Saudi Arabia.
Reem S AlmaghrabiOrgan Transplant Center of Excellence, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11211, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulmonem A AbuzaidMedical Microbiology Department, Security Forces Hospital Programme, Dammam 32314, Saudi Arabia.
Jaffar A AltowailebMicrobiology Laboratory, Laboratory Department, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif 32654, Saudi Arabia.
Maha Al IbrahimMicrobiology Laboratory, Laboratory Department, Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif 32654, Saudi Arabia.
Eman M AlSalmanDepartment of Family Medicine, Primary Health Care Centers, Qatif Health Network, Qatif 31911, Saudi Arabia.
Fatimah AlsalmanDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Oyun City Hospital, Al-Ahsa 36312, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad AlghounaimDepartment of Pediatrics, Amiri Hospital, Kuwait City 13041, Kuwait.ORCID 0000-0002-0665-3761
Ahmed S BueidMicrobiology Laboratory, King Faisal General Hospital, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.
Awad Al-OmariCollege of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh 11533, Saudi Arabia.
Ranjan K MohapatraDepartment of Chemistry, Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar 758002, India.ORCID 0000-0001-7623-3343
Qatif Central Hospital · SAAlfaisal University · SADammam Central Hospital · SAAmiri Hospital · KWGovernment College of Engineering, Keonjhar · INImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAKing Abdulaziz University · SAKing Fahad Specialist Hospital · SAKing Fahd Medical City · SAKing Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAKing Faisal University · SAMohammed Bin Rashid University of Medicine and Health Sciences · AESaad Specialist Hospital · SASecurity Forces Hospital · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fungal infections are becoming one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality in people with weakened immune systems. Mycoses are becoming more common, despite greater knowledge and better treatment methods, due to the regular emergence of resistance to the antifungal medications used in clinical settings. Antifungal therapy is the mainstay of patient management for acute and chronic mycoses. However, the limited availability of antifungal drug classes limits the range of available treatments. Additionally, several drawbacks to treating mycoses include unfavourable side effects, a limited activity spectrum, a paucity of targets, and fungal resistance, all of which continue to be significant issues in developing antifungal drugs. The emergence of antifungal drug resistance has eliminated accessible drug classes as treatment choices, which significantly compromises the clinical management of fungal illnesses. In some situations, the emergence of strains resistant to many antifungal medications is a major concern. Although new medications have been developed to address this issue, antifungal drug resistance has grown more pronounced, particularly in patients who need long-term care or are undergoing antifungal prophylaxis. Moreover, the mechanisms that cause resistance must be well understood, including modifications in drug target affinities and abundances, along with biofilms and efflux pumps that diminish intracellular drug levels, to find novel antifungal drugs and drug targets. In this review, different classes of antifungal agents, and their resistance mechanisms, have been discussed. The latter part of the review focuses on the strategies by which we can overcome this serious issue of antifungal resistance in humans.

Indexed as

antifungalantifungal resistancefungal infectionsfungal treatments

Identifiers

PMID36978475
PMCPMC10045400
OpenAlexW4327948291

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