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ReviewFuture microbiology2024

Rise and fall of Caspofungin: the current status of Caspofungin as a treatment for

Tawanny Kb Aguiar, Ana Cm Costa, Nilton As Neto, Daiane Ms Brito, Cleverson Dt Freitas, João Mm Neto, Felipe P Mesquita, Pedro Fn Souza

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Review in Future microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% 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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Tawanny Kb AguiarDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60451-970, Brazil.
Ana Cm CostaDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60451-970, Brazil.
Nilton As NetoUniversity of Brasília, Post-Graduation in Molecular Pathology, Darcy Ribeiro Campus, Brasília, DF, 70910-900, Brazil.
Daiane Ms BritoDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60451-970, Brazil.
Cleverson Dt FreitasDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60451-970, Brazil.
João Mm NetoDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60451-970, Brazil.
Felipe P MesquitaDrug Research & Development Center, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60430-275, Brazil.
Pedro Fn SouzaDrug Research & Development Center, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, Federal University of Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, 60430-275, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-2524-4434
Universidade Federal do Ceará · BRUniversidade de Brasília · BR

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico 305003/2022-4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antifungal infections are becoming a major concern to human health due to antimicrobial resistance. Echinocandins have been promising agents against resistant fungal infections, primarily caspofungin, which has a more effective mechanism of action than azoles and polyenes. However, fungi such as

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsCaspofunginCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansDrug Resistance, FungalAnimalsEchinocandinsHumansLipopeptidesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsAntifungal AgentsCaspofunginEchinocandinsLipopeptidesCryptococcus neoformansechinocandinsglucan synthesisresistance

Identifiers

PMID38497911
PMCPMC11229582
OpenAlexW4392927754

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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