Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37789281›Full record

ArticleBMC infectious diseases2023

Reviewing the journey to the clinical application of bacteriophages to treat multi-drug-resistant bacteria.

Gerald Mboowa

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Article in BMC infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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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.

  1. Review
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  4. Phage therapy against methicillin-resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 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

1 author.

Gerald MboowaAfrican Centre of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Data-Intensive Sciences, the Infectious Diseases Institute, College of Health Sciences, Makerere University, P.O Box 22418, Kampala, Uganda. gmboowa@gmail.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) was a leading cause of death globally in 2019. Sadly, COVID-19 has exacerbated AMR, nonetheless, the process of developing new antibiotics remains very challenging. This urgently requires the adoption of alternative approaches to treat multi-drug-resistant bacterial infections. This editorial introduces the 'Bacteriophages against multi-drug resistant bacteria' collection launched at BMC Infectious Diseases which highlights progress towards using bacteriophages to tackle AMR.

Indexed as

Bacterial InfectionsBacteriophagesCOVID-19Anti-Bacterial AgentsBacteriaDrug Resistance, BacterialDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansAnti-Bacterial Agents

Identifiers

PMID37789281
PMCPMC10548642

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