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ReviewEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2024

Fifty years devoted to anaerobes: historical, lessons, and highlights.

Luc J Dubreuil

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Review in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Trial
  2. Article
  3. Diverse Genomic Mechanisms ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Article
  4. A European survey on anaerobes from paediatric blood cultures: a comparative analysis with adults.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
    Observational
  5. Article
  6. Evaluation of the Disk Diffusion Test forAnnals of laboratory medicine · 2025
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luc J DubreuilClinical Microbiology Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lille, Lille, France. lucdubreuil4@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6814-8739
Université de Lille · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Renew interest and enthusiasm for anaerobes stem from both technological improvements (culture media, production of an adequate anaerobic atmosphere, identification methods) and greater awareness on the part of clinicians. Anaerobic infections were historically treated empirically, targeting the species known to be involved in each type of infection. Prevotella, fusobacteria, and Gram-positive cocci (GPAC) were considered responsible for infections above the diaphragm whereas for intra-abdominal infections, Bacteroides of the fragilis group (BFG), GPAC and clostridia were predominantly implicated. The antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobes was only taken into consideration by the clinician in the event of treatment failure or when faced with infections by multidrug-resistant bacteria (MDR). The evolution of antibiotic resistance together with clinical failures due to the absence of detection of hetero-resistant clones has resulted in a greater need for accessible antibiotic susceptibility testing (AST) and disc diffusion method. Improved isolation and identification of anaerobes, along with the availability of accessible and robust methods for performing AST, will ensure that treatment, whether empirical or guided by an antibiogram, will lead to better outcomes for anaerobic infections.

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Bacterial InfectionsGram-Positive CocciAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacteria, AnaerobicClostridiumDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnaerobic bacteriaAnaerobic infectionsAntibiotic susceptibility testingClinical outcomeResistance mechanism

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PMID37973693
OpenAlexW4388735290

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