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ReviewAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Cefepime Combined with Late-Generation β-Lactamase Inhibitors: Mechanisms of Action, In Vitro Activity, PK/PD Characteristics, Clinical Evidence and Resistance Mechanisms.

Sara Comini, Matteo Boattini, Paolo Gaibani, Gabriele Bianco

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Review in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Targeting KPC-ProducingMicroorganisms · 2026
    Article
  3. Treatment Options for Metallo-Beta-Lactamase-ProducingInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
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.

Sara CominiOperative Unit of Clinical Pathology, Carlo Urbani Hospital, 60035 Ancona, Italy.
Matteo BoattiniMicrobiology and Virology Unit, University Hospital Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, 10126 Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6726-2716
Paolo GaibaniMicrobiology and Virology Unit, Department of Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona, 37121 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3791-8635
Gabriele BiancoDepartment of Experimental Medicine, University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8180-5075

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cefepime combined with late-generation β-lactamase inhibitors-enmetazobactam, zidebactam, and taniborbactam-represents a promising strategy to treat multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections. These combinations expand the therapeutic armamentarium beyond established β-lactam/β-lactamase inhibitor regimens, offering targeted activity against ESBL-, AmpC-, and carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, as well as multidrug-resistant

Indexed as

carbapenem sparingcefepime/enmetazobabtamcefepime/taniborbactamcefepime/zidebactamKPCmetallo-β-lactamasemulti-drug-resistancenovel β-lactamase inhibitorOXA-48-likeresistance mechanism

Identifiers

PMID41892425
PMCPMC13024656

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