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Observational studyMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania)2023

Using Culture Sensitivity Reports to Optimize Antimicrobial Therapy: Findings and Implications of Antimicrobial Stewardship Activity in a Hospital in Pakistan.

Ummara Altaf, Zikria Saleem, Muhammad Furqan Akhtar, Waleed Mohammad Altowayan, Abdulmajeed A Alqasoumi, Mohammed Salem Alshammari, Abdul Haseeb, Fahad Raees, Mohammad Tarique Imam, Narjis Batool and 2 more

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Observational study in Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 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

12 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

Ummara AltafRiphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Zikria SaleemDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan 60800, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-3202-6347
Muhammad Furqan AkhtarRiphah Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Riphah International University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Waleed Mohammad AltowayanDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7719-9308
Abdulmajeed A AlqasoumiDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah 52571, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-0973-0168
Mohammed Salem AlshammariDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Unaizah College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Unaizah 56215, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3423-6199
Abdul HaseebDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24382, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2455-5054
Fahad RaeesDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24382, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Tarique ImamDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5991-6924
Narjis BatoolCenter of Health Systems and Safety Research, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney 2109, Australia.
Muhammad Masoom AkhtarFaculty of Pharmacy, Hamdard University Islamabad Campus, Islamabad 700081, Pakistan.
Brian GodmanStrathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Strathclyde University, Glasgow G4 0RE, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6539-6972
Qassim University · SAHamdard University · PKUmm al-Qura University · SABahauddin Zakariya University · PKMacquarie University · AUPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SARiphah International University · PKUniversity of Strathclyde · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Antimicrobial StewardshipVancomycinAnti-Bacterial AgentsHospitalsHumansLinezolidPakistanPiperacillin, Tazobactam Drug CombinationAnti-Bacterial AgentsLinezolidPiperacillin, Tazobactam Drug CombinationVancomycinanti-microbial resistanceanti-microbial stewardshipcostsculture sensitivity reportsdefinitive treatmentempiric treatmenthospitalsPakistan

Identifiers

PMID37512049
PMCPMC10384799
OpenAlexW4382983951

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Registered trials

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