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ReviewInternational journal of nanomedicine2017

Laser thermal ablation of multidrug-resistant bacteria using functionalized gold nanoparticles.

Lucian Mocan, Flaviu A Tabaran, Teodora Mocan, Teodora Pop, Ofelia Mosteanu, Lucia Agoston-Coldea, Cristian T Matea, Diana Gonciar, Claudiu Zdrehus, Cornel Iancu

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Review in International journal of nanomedicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Lucian Mocan3rd Department of General Surgery, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Department of Nanomedicine, "Octavian Fodor" Gastroenterology Institute.
Flaviu A TabaranDepartment of Pathology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.
Teodora MocanDepartment of Nanomedicine, "Octavian Fodor" Gastroenterology Institute; Department of Physiology.
Teodora Pop3rd Gastroenterology Department.
Ofelia Mosteanu3rd Gastroenterology Department.
Lucia Agoston-ColdeaDepartment of Internal Medicine, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Cristian T MateaDepartment of Nanomedicine, "Octavian Fodor" Gastroenterology Institute.
Diana GonciarDepartment of Nanomedicine, "Octavian Fodor" Gastroenterology Institute.
Claudiu Zdrehus3rd Department of General Surgery, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Department of Nanomedicine, "Octavian Fodor" Gastroenterology Institute.
Cornel Iancu3rd Department of General Surgery, "Iuliu Hatieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The issue of multidrug resistance (MDR) has become an increasing threat to public health. One alternative strategy against MDR bacteria would be to construct therapeutic vectors capable of physically damaging these microorganisms. Gold nanoparticles hold great promise for the development of such therapeutic agents, since the nanoparticles exhibit impressive properties, of which the most important is the ability to convert light into heat. This property has scientific significance since is exploited to develop nano-photothermal vectors to destroy bacteria at a molecular level. The present paper summarizes the latest advancements in the field of nanotargeted laser hyperthermia of MDR bacteria mediated by gold nanoparticles.

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Hot TemperatureLaser TherapyAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsGoldHumansHyperthermia, InducedMetal NanoparticlesPhototherapyAnti-Bacterial AgentsGoldantibiotic resistancebacteriagold nanoparticlesphoto-thermal ablation

Identifiers

PMID28356741
PMCPMC5367598

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