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ArticleCurrent fungal infection reports2010

Fungal Biofilms: Relevance in the Setting of Human Disease.

Luis R Martinez, Bettina C Fries

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Article in Current fungal infection reports, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Biofilm Formation by Chromoblastomycosis FungiJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  16. Roles for the mycobiome in liver disease.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2022
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  18. Biofilm Formation byFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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  20. A thin-film extensional flow model for biofilm expansion by sliding motility.Proceedings. Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2019
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Luis R MartinezAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue Bronx, Morris Park, NY 10461, USA.
Bettina C Fries
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · US

Funding

response to phenotypic switch variants to C. neoformansR01AI059681 · NIAID · STATE UNIVERSITY NEW YORK STONY BROOK · PI FRIES, BETTINA · 2004 to 2014
$3.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI059681
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of indwelling medical devices is rapidly growing and is often complicated by infections with biofilm-forming microbes that are resistant to antimicrobial agents and host defense mechanisms. Fungal biofilms have emerged as a clinical problem associated with these medical device infections, causing significant morbidity and mortality. This review discusses the recent advances in the understanding of fungal biofilms, including the role of fungal surface components in adherence, gene expression, and quorum sensing in biofilm formation. We propose novel strategies for the prevention or eradication of microbial colonization of medical prosthetic devices.

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PMID21660222
PMCPMC3109917
OpenAlexW2030058828

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