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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Repurposing of Nitroxoline as an Alternative Primary Amoebic Meningoencephalitis Treatment.

Javier Chao-Pellicer, Iñigo Arberas-Jiménez, Frieder Fuchs, Ines Sifaoui, José E Piñero, Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Patrick Scheid

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Article 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 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Javier Chao-PellicerInstituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, S/N, 38203 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Iñigo Arberas-JiménezInstituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, S/N, 38203 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Frieder FuchsDepartment of Microbiology and Hospital Hygiene, Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz, 56072 Koblenz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7075-5378
Ines SifaouiInstituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, S/N, 38203 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
José E PiñeroInstituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, S/N, 38203 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-6233-8224
Jacob Lorenzo-MoralesInstituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Pública de Canarias, Universidad de La Laguna, Avda. Astrofísico Fco. Sánchez, S/N, 38203 San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Spain.
Patrick ScheidParasitology Lab., Central Military Hospital Koblenz, 56072 Koblenz, Germany.
Universidad de La Laguna · ESKoblenz University of Applied Sciences · DEUniversity of Cologne · DE

Funding

Agencia Canaria de Investigación, Innovación y Sociedad de la Información TESIS 2020010063Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red CB21/13/00100
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Among the pathogenic free-living amoebae (FLA),

Indexed as

8-hydroxy-quinolinedrug repurposingNaegleria fowleriNitroxolineprimary amoebic meningoencephalitisprogrammed cell death

Identifiers

PMID37627700
PMCPMC10451279
OpenAlexW4385525493

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