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| Title |
Toxicity of polymyxins: a systematic review of the evidence from old and recent studies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Critical Care, February 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/cc3995 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Matthew E Falagas, Sofia K Kasiakou |
| Abstract |
The increasing problem of multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria causing severe infections and the shortage of new antibiotics to combat them has led to the re-evaluation of polymyxins. These antibiotics were discovered from different species of Bacillus polymyxa in 1947; only two of them, polymyxin B and E (colistin), have been used in clinical practice. Their effectiveness in the treatment of infections due to susceptible gram-negative bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii, has not been generally questioned. However, their use was abandoned, except in patients with cystic fibrosis, because of concerns related to toxicity. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 576 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | <1% |
| Brazil | 4 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | <1% |
| Unknown | 553 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 86 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 74 | 13% |
| Researcher | 72 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 69 | 12% |
| Other | 43 | 7% |
| Other | 102 | 18% |
| Unknown | 130 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 135 | 23% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 75 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 65 | 11% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 51 | 9% |
| Chemistry | 32 | 6% |
| Other | 72 | 13% |
| Unknown | 146 | 25% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 November 2022.
All research outputs
#2,579,140
of 25,728,855 outputs
Outputs from Critical Care
#2,219
of 6,613 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#8,104
of 176,698 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Critical Care
#5
of 41 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 6,613 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 20.7. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 66% of its peers.
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