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| Title |
A mathematical model to guide antibiotic treatment strategies
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Medicine, August 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1741-7015-10-90 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Albert Sotto, Jean-Philippe Lavigne |
| Abstract |
Over the past few decades, the emergence of multidrug resistance (MDR) to antibiotics in bacteria has led to major difficulties in the management of infected patients. At present, there is a serious lack of development of new antibacterial agents. Mathematical models are one approach to understand how antibiotic usage patterns may be optimized. However, the classical approach to modeling the emergence of MDR relies on the simplifying assumption that resistance is acquired at a constant rate. In their model, Obolski and Hadany introduce the notion of horizontal gene transfer and stress-induced mutation, with antibiotics constituting an environmental stressor of particular relevance. Finally, from this complex mathematical model, the authors propose predictions for minimizing MDR in bacteria depending on strategies of antibiotic treatment. Please see related article: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/10/89. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 6 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 33% |
| India | 1 | 17% |
| Brazil | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 2 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 17% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| United States | 1 | 2% |
| Portugal | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 48 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 23% |
| Researcher | 10 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 5 | 10% |
| Professor | 4 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 6% |
| Other | 11 | 21% |
| Unknown | 7 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 19% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 15% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 13% |
| Mathematics | 6 | 12% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 19% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. 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 09 January 2014.
All research outputs
#1,918,170
of 22,673,450 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medicine
#1,293
of 3,397 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#12,740
of 167,391 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medicine
#16
of 48 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 3,397 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 43.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 61% of its peers.
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