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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2023

Effect on the Resistome of Dual vs Monotherapy for the Treatment of

Vanbaelen Thibaut, Florence Eric, Van Dijck Christophe, Tsoumanis Achilleas, Jolein Gyonne Elise Laumen, Manoharan-Basil Santhini Sheeba, Abdellati Saïd, Tessa De Block, De Baetselier Irith, Van den Bossche Dorien and 3 more

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vanbaelen ThibautDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5541-6041
Florence EricDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7004-9120
Van Dijck ChristopheDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8010-1351
Tsoumanis AchilleasDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7565-1359
Jolein Gyonne Elise LaumenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0168-5622
Manoharan-Basil Santhini SheebaDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8421-5137
Abdellati SaïdDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9620-8257
Tessa De BlockDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
De Baetselier IrithDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1804-252X
Van den Bossche DorienDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7545-4360
Van Herrewege YvenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6072-4065
Rotsaert AnkeDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5895-9332
Kenyon ChrisDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2557-8998
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BEAntwerp University Hospital · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: No randomized controlled trial (RCT) has compared the impact on the resistome of ceftriaxone (CRO) plus azithromycin (AZM) vs CRO for the treatment of Methods: This was an open-label, single-center, RCT comparing the effect on the resistome of CRO plus AZM vs CRO for the treatment of NG. Men who have sex with men (MSM) with genital, anorectal, or pharyngeal NG infection were randomized into the CRO/AZM and CRO arms. Oral rinse and anorectal samples were taken for culture and resistome profiling at 2 visits (baseline and day 14). The primary outcome was the ratio of mean macrolide resistance determinants in anorectal samples from day 14 between arms. Results: Twenty individuals were randomized into the CRO/AZM arm and 22 into the CRO arm. We found no significant difference in the mean macrolide resistance determinants in the day 14 anorectal samples between arms (ratio, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.55-1.83; Conclusions: We could not demonstrate a significant effect of dual CRO/AZM therapy on the resistome compared with CRO alone, likely due to a high baseline resistance to AZM. Interventions to prevent the emergence of antimicrobial resistance in MSM are needed.

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antimicrobial resistancemacrolidemen who have sex with menNeisseria gonorrhoeaeresistome

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