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ArticleViruses2024

Combinations of Bacteriophage Are Efficacious against Multidrug-Resistant

Christopher J Kovacs, Erika M Rapp, William R Rankin, Sophia M McKenzie, Brianna K Brasko, Katherine E Hebert, Beth A Bachert, Andrew R Kick, F John Burpo, Jason C Barnhill

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Article in Viruses, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Bacteriophage-mediated reduction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm on titanium surfaces for biomedical applications.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  7. Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  10. Viruses · 2025
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  13. Phage-Antibiotic Combination Therapy against RecurrentAntibiotics (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

10 authors.

Christopher J KovacsUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
Erika M RappUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
William R RankinUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
Sophia M McKenzieUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
Brianna K BraskoUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
Katherine E HebertUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.
Beth A BachertUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-3073-6923
Andrew R KickUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4414-763X
F John BurpoUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0303-1043
Jason C BarnhillUnited States Military Academy, West Point, NY 10996, USA.

Funding

Army Research Office National Research Council Fellow ProgramDefense Threat Reduction Agency Service Academy Research Initiative
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Gram-negative ESKAPE bacterium

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialPhage TherapyPseudomonas aeruginosaPseudomonas InfectionsBacteriophagesBiofilmsHumansImipenemMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudomonas PhagesAnti-Bacterial AgentsCarbapenemsImipenemantibiotic resistanceantibioticsbacteriophagebiofilmsP. aeruginosaphage therapy

Identifiers

PMID39066163
PMCPMC11281517

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