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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Pulmonary Delivery of Antibiotics to the Lungs: Current State and Future Prospects.

Yahya H Dallal Bashi, Rachel Mairs, Rand Murtadha, Vicky Kett

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

4 authors.

Yahya H Dallal BashiSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-8480-9776
Rachel MairsSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
Rand MurtadhaSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
Vicky KettSchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6250-6053

Funding

Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs of Northern Ireland 0001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the current literature, clinical trials, and products approved for the delivery of antibiotics to the lungs. While there are many literature reports describing potential delivery systems, few of these have translated into marketed products. Key challenges remaining are the high doses required and, for powder formulations, the ability of the inhaler and powder combination to deliver the dose to the correct portion of the respiratory tract for maximum effect. Side effects, safety concerns, and disappointing clinical trial results remain barriers to regulatory approval. In this review, we describe some possible approaches to address these issues and highlight prospects in this area.

Indexed as

amikacinapramycinbronchiectasiscystic fibrosisDPIinhalationnebulizerP. aeruginosarifampicintobramycin

Identifiers

PMID39861758
PMCPMC11768398

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