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ArticleViruses2023

Successful Bacteriophage-Antibiotic Combination Therapy against Multidrug-Resistant

Karlis Racenis, Janis Lacis, Dace Rezevska, Laima Mukane, Aija Vilde, Ints Putnins, Sarah Djebara, Maya Merabishvili, Jean-Paul Pirnay, Marika Kalnina and 4 more

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Article in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
9.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. New materials and complications of prostheses in humans: situation in Spain.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 2024
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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

14 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Karlis RacenisDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-7123-4048
Janis LacisDepartment of Surgery, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Dace RezevskaDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Laima MukaneDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0001-6091-0004
Aija VildeDepartment of Infection Prevention and Control, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.
Ints PutninsCentre of Cardiac Surgery, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.
Sarah DjebaraCenter for Infectious Diseases, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium.
Maya MerabishviliLaboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-2566-0772
Jean-Paul PirnayLaboratory for Molecular and Cellular Technology, Queen Astrid Military Hospital, B-1120 Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-6863-5219
Marika KalninaInstitute of Radiology, Pauls Stradins Clinical University Hospital, LV-1002 Riga, Latvia.
Aivars PetersonsDepartment of Internal Diseases, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Peteris StradinsDepartment of Surgery, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.
Sandis MaurinsDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0002-4403-1728
Juta KroicaDepartment of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, LV-1007 Riga, Latvia.ORCID 0000-0003-0805-7063
Pauls Stradiņš Clinical University Hospital · LVQueen Astrid Military Hospital · BERiga Stradiņš University · LV

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is considerable interest in the use of bacteriophages (phages) to treat

Indexed as

BacteriophagesHeart-Assist DevicesPhage TherapyPseudomonas InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansMaleMiddle AgedPseudomonas aeruginosaAnti-Bacterial Agentsbiofilmcase reportLVAD infectionmultidrug resistancePET/CTphage resistancephage therapy

Identifiers

PMID37243293
PMCPMC10223274
OpenAlexW4377292060

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