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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2017

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Jennifer L Dale, Jennifer L Nilson, Aaron M T Barnes, Gary M Dunny

Open access · goldAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
59citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

59 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer L DaleDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA.
Jennifer L NilsonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA.
Aaron M T BarnesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7014-7556
Gary M DunnyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA.
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

TRAINING-PULMONARY CELL &MOLECULAR BIOLOGY &PHYSIOLOGYT32HL007741 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI DUDLEY, R. ADAMS, INGBAR, DAVID H · 1994 to 2023
$13.9M
Biofilms and Enterococcus faecalis BiologyR01AI058134 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2005 to 2015
$3.6M
Functional genomics analysis of colonization and persistence of Enterococcus faecalis in the gastrointestinal tract.R01AI122742 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2016 to 2020
$2.2M
Biofilms and Enterococcus faecalis BiologyR56AI058134 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI DUNNY, GARY M · 2010 to 2010
$389k
NHLBI NIH HHS T32 HL007741NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI058134NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI122742NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI058134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial biofilms are intrinsically resistant to antimicrobial treatment, which contributes to microbial persistence in clinical infections.

Identifiers

PMID28685097
PMCPMC5493694
OpenAlexW2629313469

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Registered trials

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