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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2023

A mechanism-based pathway toward administering highly active N-phage cocktails.

Nicholas M Smith, Thomas D Nguyen, Wai Hoe Chin, Jacob T Sanborn, Harriet de Souza, Brian M Ho, Tiffany Luong, Dwayne R Roach

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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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, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicholas M SmithDivision of Clinical and Translational Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, NY, United States.
Thomas D NguyenDivision of Clinical and Translational Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, NY, United States.
Wai Hoe ChinDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States.
Jacob T SanbornDivision of Clinical and Translational Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, NY, United States.
Harriet de SouzaDivision of Clinical and Translational Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, NY, United States.
Brian M HoDivision of Clinical and Translational Therapeutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, NY, United States.
Tiffany LuongDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States.
Dwayne R RoachDepartment of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States.
Translational Therapeutics (United States) · USSan Diego State University · US

Funding

NIAID NIH HHS L30 AI164450
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteriophage (phage) therapy is being explored as a possible response to the antimicrobial resistance public health emergency. Administering a mixture of different phage types as a cocktail is one proposed strategy for therapeutic applications, but the optimal method for formulating phage cocktails remains a major challenge. Each phage strain has complex pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic (PK/PD) properties which depend on the nano-scale size, target-mediated, self-dosing nature of each phage strain, and rapid selection of resistant subpopulations. The objective of this study was to explore the pharmacodynamics (PD) of three unique and clinically relevant anti-

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hollow fiber infection modelmathematical modelingphage cocktailsphage therapypharmacodynamicspharmacokineticsPseudomonas aeruginosatreatment optimization

Identifiers

PMID38045026
PMCPMC10690594
OpenAlexW4388701867

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