Bibliometric analysis of literature on antifungal triazole resistance: 1980 – 2015

Sweileh, Waleed M.; Sawalha, Ansam F.; Al-Jabi, Samah W.; Zyoud, Sa’ed H

doi:10.18683/germs.2017.1104

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“…Based on the argument mentioned above and based on calls for papers made by certain specialized and prestigious journals in the field of public health and infectious diseases, the current study was undertaken to analyze the research aspects and research activity of climate change and human health with an emphasis on infectious diseases. The method used to display the research pattern and research activity on a certain topic is the bibliometric analysis which has been commonly used recently in various health topics [46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53]. Climate change has diverse effects that include aquatic organisms, forests, animals, and humans.…”

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Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on climate change and human health with an emphasis on infectious diseases

Sweileh

2020

Global Health

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Background: Assessing research activity is important for planning future protective and adaptive policies. The objective of the current study was to assess research activity on climate change and health with an emphasis on infectious diseases.Method: A bibliometric method was applied using SciVerse Scopus. Documents on climate change and human health were called "health-related literature" while documents on climate change and infectious diseases were called "infection-related literature". The study period was from 1980 to 2019. Results: The search query found 4247 documents in the health-related literature and 1207 in the infection-related literature. The growth of publications showed a steep increase after 2007. There were four research themes in the health-related literature: (1) climate change and infectious diseases; (2) climate change, public health and food security; (3) heat waves, mortality, and non-communicable diseases; and (4) climate change, air pollution, allergy, and respiratory health. The most frequently encountered pathogens/infectious diseases in the infection-related literature were malaria and dengue. Documents in infection-related literature had a higher h-index than documents in the health-related literature. The top-cited documents in the health-related literature focused on food security, public health, and infectious diseases while those in infection-related literature focused on water-, vector-, and mosquito-borne diseases. The European region had the highest contribution in health-related literature (n = 1626; 38.3%) and infection-related literature (n = 497; 41.2%). The USA led with 1235 (29.1%) documents in health-related literature and 365 (30.2%) documents in infection-related literature. The Australian National University ranked first in the health-related literature while the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ranked first in the infectionrelated literature. International research collaboration was inadequate. Documents published in the Environmental Health Perspectives journal received the highest citations per document. A total of 1416 (33.3%) documents in the health-related literature were funded while 419 (34.7%) documents in the infection-related literature were funded. (Continued on next page)Conclusion: Research on climate change and human health is on the rise with research on infection-related issues making a good share. International research collaboration should be funded and supported. Future research needs to focus on the impact of climate change on psychosocial, mental, innovations, policies, and preparedness of health systems.

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Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on climate change and human health with an emphasis on infectious diseases

Sweileh

2020

Global Health

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“…It can be used to determine national and international research focus and evaluate research performance in order to identify future research priorities, funding sources, and interdisciplinary collaborations [42][43][44]. It also provides a resource to policy-makers for implementing necessary prophylactic measures in case the analysis reveals a sharp increase in case reports or articles regarding a health issue in a particular geographic area [45,46]. Bibliometric reviews can additionally help international health agencies to identify priorities (e.g.…”

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“…On the other hand, bibliometric analyses have been applied to global disease research on viral agents such as dengue virus [49], Ebola virus [50], John Cunningham virus [51], Mayaro virus [52], Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus [53] [34], yellow fever virus [54], West Nile virus [55], and Zika virus [56]; and bacterial agents such as Campylobacter [45], Leishmania species [57], and Mycobacterium tuberculosis [58]. Other bibliometric analyses have addressed Plasmodium species and resistant malaria vectors [59,60], Toxocara species [43], and antifungal triazole resistance (especially in Candida and Aspergillus species) [46].…”

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A global bibliometric analysis of Plesiomonas-related research (1990 – 2017)

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Plesiomonas shigelloides is an emerging pathogen with damaging effects on human health such as gastroenteritis and extraintestinal infections. Here, we carried out a bibliometric survey that aimed to examine publication trends in Plesiomonas-related research by time and place, international collaborative works, identify gaps and suggest directions for future research. The search term “Plesiomonas shigelloides” was used to retrieve articles published between 1990 and 2017 from the Web of Science database. Only primary research articles were included in the analysis. A total of 155 articles were published within the survey period, with an average of 5.54±2.66 articles per year and an annual growth rate of −0.8%. Research output peaked in 2000 and 2006 (each accounting for 7.7% of the total). The United States ranked first in terms of numbers of articles (n = 29, 18.1%) and total citations (n = 451). Cameroon, Canada, Cuba, Switzerland and Turkey co-shared the 10th position each with 2 articles (1.3%). Research collaboration was low (collaboration index = 3. 32). In addition to Plesiomonas shigelloides (n = 82, 52.9%), the top Authors Keywords and research focus included lipopolysaccharide and nuclear magnetic resonance (n = 13, 8.4%). Diarrhea (n = 43, 27.7%), Aeromonas species (n = 41, 26.5%) and infections (n = 31, 20.0%) were also highly represented in Keywords-Plus. Authors’ collaborations and coupling networks formed two mega-clusters which nodes were shared solely by authors from high-income countries. The common conceptual framework in retrieved articles determined by K-means clustering revealed three clusters with sizes of 7, 16, and 29, representing research responses focused on extraintestinal and gastroenteritis, P. shigelloides lipopolysaccharide structure, and co-infections, respectively. Our bibliometric analysis revealed a global diminishing research in Plesiomonas; greater research outcomes from high-income countries compared to others and low collaboration with developing countries.

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“…One hundred thirty-three strains of Candida spices were detected (2 species not identi ed), amongst which 102 strains were C. albicans followed by C. krusei (7), C. kefyr (7), C. parapsilosis (5), C. glabrata (4), C. tropicalis (3), and C. famata (3). Susceptibility of Candida species to different antifungal drugs are summarized in Table 2.…”

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“…The prevalence of Candida infections is on the rise as a result of excessive usage of broad-spectrum antibiotics, HIV infection, malignancies, transplants, invasive procedures, and prolonged hospitalization [1][2][3]. More than 17 different species of Candida are recognized that can infect humans, and amongst them, 90% of all invasive infections are related to C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, and C. krusei [4,5].…”

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Impact of antifungal stewardship interventions on the susceptibility of Candida species in pediatric patients with malignancy

Amanati

Badiee

Jafarian

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Background There is a worldwide concern with respect to the antimicrobial resistance and the inappropriate use of antifungal agents, which had led to an ever-increasing antifungal resistance. This study aimed to identify the antifungal susceptibility of Candida species isolated from the pediatric patients with cancer and also to evaluate the clinical impact of antifungal stewardship (AFS) ‎interventions on antifungal susceptibility of Candida species. Methods In this study, Candida species colonization were evaluated among hospitalized children with cancer in a tertiary teaching hospital, Shiraz 2017-18. The broth microdilution method was used to determine the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) for polyenes (amphotericin B), echinocandins (caspofungin), and azoles (voriconazole, fluconazole, posaconazole, and itraconazole). Antifungal susceptibility of Candida species was compared with our previous study results to determine the clinical impact of AFS interventions on the antifungal susceptibility. Results The prevalence of Candida albicans in the present study was significantly higher than other Candida species. Candida albicans species were completely susceptible to the azoles. The sensitivity rate of C. albicans to amphotericin B and caspofungin was 93.1% and 97.1%, respectively. The results confirm the positive effect of optimized antifungal usage and bedside intervention on the susceptibility of Candida species after the implementation of the AFS program. C. albicans and C. glabrata exhibited significant increase in sensitivity after the execution of AFS program. Conclusions Improving the antifungal agent usage can improve antifungal ‎susceptibility and reduce resistance. The AFS is recommended to be addressed, applied, and regularly assessed in centers.

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Bibliometric analysis of literature on antifungal triazole resistance: 1980 – 2015

Cited by 29 publications

References 43 publications

Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on climate change and human health with an emphasis on infectious diseases

Bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed literature on climate change and human health with an emphasis on infectious diseases

A global bibliometric analysis of Plesiomonas-related research (1990 – 2017)

Impact of antifungal stewardship interventions on the susceptibility of Candida species in pediatric patients with malignancy

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