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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2023

Crisis averted: a world united against the menace of multiple drug-resistant superbugs -pioneering anti-AMR vaccines, RNA interference, nanomedicine, CRISPR-based antimicrobials, bacteriophage therapies, and clinical artificial intelligence strategies to safeguard global antimicrobial arsenal.

Umar Saeed, Rawal Alies Insaf, Zahra Zahid Piracha, Muhammad Nouman Tariq, Azka Sohail, Umer Ali Abbasi, Muhammad Shahmeer Fida Rana, Syed Shayan Gilani, Seneen Noor, Elyeen Noor and 4 more

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In one paragraph

Review 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 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

14 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Umar SaeedClinical and Biomedical Research Center (CBRC) and Multidisciplinary Laboratories (MDL), Foundation University School of Health Sciences (FUSH), Foundation University Islamabad (FUI), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Rawal Alies InsafRegional Disease Surveillance and Response Unit Sukkur, Sukkur, Sindh, Pakistan.
Zahra Zahid PirachaInternational Center of Medical Sciences Research (ICMSR), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muhammad Nouman TariqAkhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College (AMDC), Lahore, Pakistan.
Azka SohailCentral Park Teaching Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Umer Ali AbbasiCentral Park Teaching Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad Shahmeer Fida RanaAkhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College (AMDC), Lahore, Pakistan.
Syed Shayan GilaniAkhtar Saeed Medical and Dental College (AMDC), Lahore, Pakistan.
Seneen NoorInternational Center of Medical Sciences Research (ICMSR), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Elyeen NoorInternational Center of Medical Sciences Research (ICMSR), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Yasir WaheedOffice of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC), Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Maryam WahidClinical and Biomedical Research Center (CBRC) and Multidisciplinary Laboratories (MDL), Foundation University School of Health Sciences (FUSH), Foundation University Islamabad (FUI), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Muzammil Hasan NajmiClinical and Biomedical Research Center (CBRC) and Multidisciplinary Laboratories (MDL), Foundation University School of Health Sciences (FUSH), Foundation University Islamabad (FUI), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Imran FazalClinical and Biomedical Research Center (CBRC) and Multidisciplinary Laboratories (MDL), Foundation University School of Health Sciences (FUSH), Foundation University Islamabad (FUI), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Foundation University Islamabad · PKKarachi Medical and Dental College · PKUniversity of Central Punjab · PKLebanese American University · LBSukkur IBA University · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The efficacy of antibiotics and other antimicrobial agents in combating bacterial infections faces a grave peril in the form of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), an exceedingly pressing global health issue. The emergence and dissemination of drug-resistant bacteria can be attributed to the rampant overuse and misuse of antibiotics, leading to dire consequences such as organ failure and sepsis. Beyond the realm of individual health, the pervasive specter of AMR casts its ominous shadow upon the economy and society at large, resulting in protracted hospital stays, elevated medical expenditures, and diminished productivity, with particularly dire consequences for vulnerable populations. It is abundantly clear that addressing this ominous threat necessitates a concerted international endeavor encompassing the optimization of antibiotic deployment, the pursuit of novel antimicrobial compounds and therapeutic strategies, the enhancement of surveillance and monitoring of resistant bacterial strains, and the assurance of universal access to efficacious treatments. In the ongoing struggle against this encroaching menace, phage-based therapies, strategically tailored to combat AMR, offer a formidable line of defense. Furthermore, an alluring pathway forward for the development of vaccines lies in the utilization of virus-like particles (VLPs), which have demonstrated their remarkable capacity to elicit a robust immune response against bacterial infections. VLP-based vaccinations, characterized by their absence of genetic material and non-infectious nature, present a markedly safer and more stable alternative to conventional immunization protocols. Encouragingly, preclinical investigations have yielded promising results in the development of VLP vaccines targeting pivotal bacteria implicated in the AMR crisis, including

Indexed as

antimicrobial resistanceartificial intelligencebacterial infectionsmultiple drug-resistant speciesphage-based therapiesvaccine developmentvirus-like particles

Identifiers

PMID38098671
PMCPMC10720626
OpenAlexW4389204818

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