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Treatment for chronic methicillin‐sensitive Staphylococcus aureus pulmonary infection in people with cystic fibrosis

Overview of attention for article published in Cochrane database of systematic reviews, July 2018
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Title
Treatment for chronic methicillin‐sensitive <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> pulmonary infection in people with cystic fibrosis
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Cochrane database of systematic reviews, July 2018
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd011581.pub3
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Molla Imaduddin Ahmed, Saptarshi Mukherjee

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited life-threatening multisystem disorder with lung disease characterized by abnormally thick airway secretions and persistent bacterial infection. Chronic, progressive lung disease is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in the condition and is therefore the main focus of clinical care and research. Staphylococcus aureus is a major cause of chest infection in people with cystic fibrosis. Early onset, as well as chronic, lung infection with this organism in young children and adults results in worsening lung function, poorer nutrition and increases the airway inflammatory response, thus leading to a poor overall clinical outcome. There are currently no evidence-based guidelines for chronic suppressive therapy for Staphylococcus aureus infection in cystic fibrosis such as those used for Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection. This is an update of a previously published review. To assess the evidence regarding the effectiveness of long-term antibiotic treatment regimens for chronic infection with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infection in people with cystic fibrosis and to determine whether this leads to improved clinical and microbiological outcomes. Trials were identified by searching the Cochrane Cystic Fibrosis and Genetic Disorders Group's Cystic Fibrosis Trials Register, MEDLINE, Embase, handsearching article reference lists and through contact with local and international experts in the field. Date of the last search of the Group's Cystic Fibrosis Trials Register: 09 February 2018.We also searched ongoing trials databases. Date of latest search: 20 May 2018. Randomised or quasi-randomised controlled trials comparing any combinations of topical, inhaled, oral or intravenous antimicrobials used as suppressive therapy for chronic infection with methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus compared with placebo or no treatment. The authors independently assessed all search results for eligibility. No eligible trials were identified. The searches identified 58 trials, but none were eligible for inclusion in the current version of this review. No randomised controlled trials were identified which met the inclusion criteria for this review. Although methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus is an important and common cause of lung infection in people with cystic fibrosis, there is no agreement on how best to treat long-term infection. The review highlights the need to organise well-designed trials that can provide evidence to support the best management strategy for chronic methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus infection in people with cystic fibrosis.

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Unknown 116 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 14%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 11%
Other 9 8%
Researcher 7 6%
Student > Master 7 6%
Other 17 15%
Unknown 47 41%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 23 20%
Nursing and Health Professions 8 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 7 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 7 6%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 3%
Other 13 11%
Unknown 54 47%
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#1,837,521
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Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#3,940
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#37,093
of 341,743 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#77
of 173 outputs
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