Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28421166›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2017

An Hotterbeekx, Samir Kumar-Singh, Herman Goossens, Surbhi Malhotra-Kumar

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Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 156 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
156citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

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

156 citing papers in PubMed, 272 citations in OpenAlex.

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96 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

An HotterbeekxLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of AntwerpWilrijk, Belgium.
Samir Kumar-SinghLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of AntwerpWilrijk, Belgium.
Herman GoossensLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of AntwerpWilrijk, Belgium.
Surbhi Malhotra-KumarLaboratory of Medical Microbiology, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Institute, University of AntwerpWilrijk, Belgium.
University of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The significance of polymicrobial infections is increasingly being recognized especially in a biofilm context wherein multiple bacterial species-including both potential pathogens and members of the commensal flora-communicate, cooperate, and compete with each other. Two important bacterial pathogens that have developed a complex network of evasion, counter-inhibition, and subjugation in their battle for space and nutrients are

Indexed as

Microbial InteractionsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureusbiofilmcystic fibrosismicrobial interactionsquorum-sensingS. aureus

Identifiers

PMID28421166
PMCPMC5376567
OpenAlexW2599504373

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Registered trials

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