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ReviewCureus2023

Safety and Efficacy of Nemonoxacin vs Levofloxacin in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Control Trials.

Alina S Khan, Arham Iqbal, Alina A Muhammad, Fariha Mazhar, Muniba F Lodhi, Komal F Ahmed, Satesh Kumar, Giustino Varrassi, Mahima Khatri

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alina S KhanMedicine and Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Arham IqbalMedicine and Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Dow International Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Alina A MuhammadMedicine and Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Fariha MazharMedicine and Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Muniba F LodhiMedicine and Surgery, Liaquat National Hospital and Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Komal F AhmedMedicine and Surgery, Ziauddin University, Karachi, PAK.
Satesh KumarMedicine and Surgery, Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College, Karachi, PAK.
Giustino VarrassiPain Medicine, Paolo Procacci Foundation, Rome, ITA.
Mahima KhatriMedicine and Surgery, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Karachi, PAK.
Ziauddin University · PKFondazione Roma · ITLiaquat National Hospital · PKShaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Community-acquired pneumonia is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality throughout the world, which incurs significant healthcare costs. The aim of his meta-analysis is to assess the clinical efficacy and safety of a novel non-fluorinated quinolone, nemonoxacin, compared with levofloxacin in treating community-acquired pneumonia (CAP). A recursive literature search was conducted using PubMed, Google Scholar, and Scopus up to August 2022. All randomized clinical trials comparing nemonoxacin to levofloxacin for community-acquired pneumonia were included. The patients selected for this study had mild to moderate CAP. Each individual received treatment with either nemonoxacin (500 mg or 750 mg) or levofloxacin (500 mg) for a duration of 3-10 days. Four randomized control trials with a total of 1955 patients were included. Nemonoxacin and levofloxacin were found to have similar clinical cure rates in the treatment of CAP. There were no significant differences reported in the treatment-emergent adverse events between the two drugs (RR=0.95, 95% CI: 0.86, 1.08, I

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community-acquired pneumonia (cap)levofloxacinnemonoxacinpneumoniaquinolonesrandomized control trialssafety and efficacysystematic review and meta-analysisteaes

Identifiers

PMID37200652
PMCPMC10188129
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