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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2023

Ceftolozane-Tazobactam Versus Ceftazidime-Avibactam for the Treatment of Infections Caused by Multidrug-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a Multicenter Cohort Study.

Thamer A Almangour, Leen Ghonem, Dareen Alassiri, Alanoud Aljurbua, Mohammed Al Musawa, Aminah Alharbi, Abdullah Almohaizeie, Sara Almuhisen, Jeelan Alghaith, Nader Damfu and 5 more

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Is less always more? Ceftazidime/avibactam alone or in combination to treat infections caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a retrospective observational multi-centre cohort study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  7. Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Evidence-based Recommendations for the Treatment of Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales, Carbapenem-resistantIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2026
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  20. Difficult-to-TreatAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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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

15 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Thamer A AlmangourDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-1508-8693
Leen GhonemClinical Pharmacy Services, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Dareen AlassiriDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Alanoud AljurbuaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed Al MusawaPharmaceutical Care Division, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Aminah AlharbiPharmaceutical Care Division, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlmohaizeiePharmaceutical Care Division, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Sara AlmuhisenPharmacy services administration, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Jeelan AlghaithPharmaceutical Care Division, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Nader DamfuKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Doaa AljefriPharmaceutical Care Department, King Abdul Aziz Medical City, Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Wafa AlfahadPharmacy services, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Yaqoub KhormiPharmacy services, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Menyfah Q AlanaziKing Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Yazed Saleh AlsowaidaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Hail University, Hail, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0450-9846
King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre · SAKing Saud University · SARiyadh Armed Forces Hospital · SAAlfaisal University · SAKing Abdulaziz Medical City · SAKing Abdullah International Medical Research Center · SAKing Fahd Medical City · SAKing Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences · SAKing Saud Medical City · SAUniversity of Ha'il · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ceftolozane-tazobactam (C-T) and ceftazidime-avibactam (CAZ-AVI) are two novel antimicrobials that retain activity against resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The comparative effectiveness and safety of C-T versus CAZ-AVI remain unknown. A retrospective, multicenter cohort study was performed in six tertiary centers in Saudi Arabia and included patients who received either C-T or CAZ-AVI for infections due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) P. aeruginosa. Overall in-hospital mortality, 30-day mortality, and clinical cure were the main study outcomes. Safety outcomes were also evaluated. A multivariate analysis using logistic regression was used to determine the independent impact of treatment on the main outcomes of interest. We enrolled 200 patients in the study (100 in each treatment arm). A total of 56% were in the intensive care unit, 48% were mechanically ventilated, and 37% were in septic shock. Approximately 19% of patients had bacteremia. Combination therapy was administered to 41% of the patients. The differences between the C-T and CAZ-AVI groups did not reach statistical significance in the overall in-hospital mortality (44% versus 37%;

Indexed as

Pseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAzabicyclo CompoundsCeftazidimeCephalosporinsCohort StudiesDrug CombinationsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsRetrospective StudiesTazobactamAnti-Bacterial Agentsavibactam, ceftazidime drug combinationAzabicyclo CompoundsCeftazidimeceftolozaneceftolozane, tazobactam drug combinationCephalosporinsDrug CombinationsTazobactamceftazidime-avibactamceftolozane-tazobactammultidrug-resistantPseudomonas aeruginosa

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PMID37404159
PMCPMC10433809
OpenAlexW4383186243

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