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ReviewCureus2023

Assessment of Bacterial Infections and Antibiotic Regimens in Intravenous Drug Users.

Sana Rehman, Sehrish Arif, Lekshmi G Ushakumari, Jasiya Amreen, Akshaya Nagelli, Sania J Moonnumackel, Arun Nair

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Review in Cureus, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Sana RehmanMedicine, Fatima Memorial Hospital (FMH) College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, PAK.
Sehrish ArifMedicine, Fatima Memorial Hospital (FMH) College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore, PAK.
Lekshmi G UshakumariMedicine, Jagadguru Jayadeva Murugarajendra (JJM) Medical College, Davanagere, IND.
Jasiya AmreenMedicine, Dr. Vizarath Rasool Khan (VRK) Women's Medical College, Hyderabad, IND.
Akshaya NagelliMedicine, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, IND.
Sania J MoonnumackelInternal Medicine, Medical City Fort Worth, Fort Worth, USA.
Arun NairPediatrics, Saint Peter's University Hospital, Somerset, USA.
CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry · PKSaint Peter's University Hospital · USFort Worth Library · USSiddhartha Medical College · INWomen Medical College · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial infections in people who inject drugs (PWID) are a significant cause of hospitalizations and increased morbidity in this group. In this review, we evaluated bacterial trends in the most common infections and appropriate empiric antibiotic coverage. Articles from PubMed and Google Scholar were curated in a Google document with shared access. Discussion and development of the paper were achieved over Zoom meetings. The common infections in PWID were skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs), infective endocarditis, septic arthritis, osteomyelitis, and bloodstream infections (BSIs). The presence of comorbidities increased susceptibility to bacterial infections.

Indexed as

antibiotic resistanceantibioticsantibiotic stewardshipbacterial infectionsintravenous drug user

Identifiers

PMID37868523
PMCPMC10590200
OpenAlexW4386917352

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Registered trials

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