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ArticleMemorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz2014

Evaluation of Giardia duodenalis viability after metronidazole treatment by flow cytometry.

Joana Barbosa, Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues, Maria José Pérez, Cidália Pina-Vaz

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Article in Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Joana BarbosaServiço de Microbiologia, Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação em Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Acácio Gonçalves RodriguesServiço de Microbiologia, Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação em Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Maria José PérezFaculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, Galiza, Espanha.
Cidália Pina-VazServiço de Microbiologia, Centro de Investigação em Tecnologias e Sistemas de Informação em Saúde, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Universidade do Porto · PTUniversidade de Vigo · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Giardia duodenalis (syn. lamblia; syn. intestinalis) susceptibility testing is not routinely performed because the classical culture methods are very time-consuming and laborious. We developed a novel flow cytometry (FC) assay to evaluate the susceptibility of G. duodenalis trophozoites to metronidazole (MTZ). Different concentrations of MTZ were added to cultures of trophozoites (10 5 /mL) and the cultures were incubated for different periods. The 50% inhibitory concentration was calculated and propidium iodide (PI) was used to quantify the number of dead cells. After treatment, PI-positive trophozoites increased with increasing drug concentration and exposure time. An excellent correlation was found between FC and the classical method. A novel, accurate and reliable method is now available to evaluate G. duodenalis viability.

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Antiprotozoal AgentsFlow CytometryGiardia lambliaInhibitory Concentration 50MetronidazoleMicrobial ViabilityParasitic Sensitivity TestsPropidiumAntiprotozoal AgentsMetronidazolePropidium

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PMID25424449
PMCPMC4325610
OpenAlexW1965150092

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