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ArticlemBio2024

Bacteriophage infection and killing of intracellular

Alan A Schmalstig, Andrew Wiggins, Debbie Badillo, Katherine S Wetzel, Graham F Hatfull, Miriam Braunstein

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Article in mBio, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Activity of a three-phage combination againstbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  13. Inactivating conditions of therapeutic mycobacteriophages.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  14. P3MA: A Promising Mycobacteriophage InfectingAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  18. Mycobacteriophages and Their Applications.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alan A SchmalstigDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9100-4431
Andrew WigginsDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Debbie BadilloDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.
Katherine S WetzelDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Graham F HatfullDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6705-6821
Miriam BraunsteinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1180-0030
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUniversity of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Virology Research Program (Program 4)P30CA016086 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Deborah F. Tate · 1985 to 2026
$201.5M
UNC PREP in the Biomedical Sciences - Administrative SupplementR25GM089569 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI ROBINSON, DONITA L, RODRIGUEZ-ROMAGUERA, JOSE · 2010 to 2024
$5.6M
INFECTIOUS DISEASE PATHOGENESIS TRAININGT32AI007151 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI JULIANO, JONATHAN J · 1985 to 2024
$5.5M
Bacteriophage diversity, dynamics, function, and exploitationR35GM131729 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Graham F. Hatfull · 2019 to 2026
$3.6M
Effect of Microenvironment on the Activity of Mycobacteriophages for Treating Mycobacterium abscessusR21AI163677 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BRAUNSTEIN, MIRIAM S. · 2021 to 2022
$428k
Howard Hughes Medical Institute GT12053NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016086NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI163677NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007151NIAID NIH HHS T32AI007151NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM089569NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131729
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

importanceAs we rapidly approach a post-antibiotic era, bacteriophage (phage) therapy may offer a solution for treating drug-resistant bacteria.

Indexed as

BacteriophagesCystic FibrosisMycobacterium abscessusAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansMammalsAnti-Bacterial Agentsbacteriophage therapyintracellular bacteriamacrophagesMycobacterium abscessusnontuberculous mycobacteria

Identifiers

PMID38059609
PMCPMC10790704
OpenAlexW4389435440

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