Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18227178›Full record

ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2008

Killing of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus), Haemophilus ducreyi, and vaginal Lactobacillus by 3-O-octyl-sn-glycerol.

B J Moncla, K Pryke, Charles E Isaacs

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Testing of viscous anti-HIV microbicides using Lactobacillus.Journal of microbiological methods · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

B J MonclaDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. bjm4@pitt.edu
K Pryke
Charles E Isaacs

Funding

VAGINAL MICROBICIDES FOR PREVENTION OF STDS/HIVP01AI039061 · NIAID · MAGEE-WOMEN'S RES INST AND FOUNDATION · PI HILLIER, SHARON L · 1995 to 2003
$3.3M
NIAID NIH HHS 6P01 AI39061NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI039061PHS HHS 5U19 A1051 661-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbicide candidate octylglycerol inactivates sexually transmitted bacterial pathogens at concentrations which spare normal vaginal flora (lactobacillus). Standard minimum microbicidal concentration assays and time-kill assays revealed the drug concentrations and times required for inactivation. Octylglycerol concentrations must exceed the binding capacity of any human serum albumin to be effective.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsColony Count, MicrobialFemaleGlyceryl EthersHaemophilus ducreyiHumansLactobacillusMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNeisseria gonorrhoeaeStreptococcus agalactiaeVagina1-O-octyl-sn-glycerolAnti-Bacterial AgentsGlyceryl Ethers

Identifiers

PMID18227178
PMCPMC2292550

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