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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2017

Implications of Antimicrobial Combinations in Complex Wound Biofilms Containing Fungi.

Eleanor M Townsend, Leighann Sherry, Ryan Kean, Donald Hansom, William G Mackay, Craig Williams, John Butcher, Gordon Ramage

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 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

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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Recent Advances and Opportunities in the Study ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  18. How Biofilm Growth AffectsFrontiers in microbiology · 2020
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  19. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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  20. Fungi in the Wound Microbiome.Advances in wound care · 2018
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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

8 authors.

Eleanor M TownsendOral Sciences Research Group, Glasgow Dental School, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Leighann SherryOral Sciences Research Group, Glasgow Dental School, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Ryan KeanOral Sciences Research Group, Glasgow Dental School, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Donald HansomOral Sciences Research Group, Glasgow Dental School, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
William G MackayInstitute of Healthcare Policy and Practice, School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom.
Craig WilliamsInstitute of Healthcare Policy and Practice, School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom.
John ButcherInstitute of Healthcare Policy and Practice, School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery, University of West of Scotland, Paisley, United Kingdom.
Gordon RamageOral Sciences Research Group, Glasgow Dental School, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom gordon.ramage@glasgow.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulcer treatment currently focuses on targeting bacterial biofilms, while dismissing fungi. To investigate this, we used an

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsAntifungal AgentsBiofilmsCandida albicansCiprofloxacinDiabetic FootFloxacillinFluconazoleFoot UlcerHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsAntifungal AgentsCiprofloxacinFloxacillinFluconazoleantimicrobialbiofilmCandidachronic woundpolymicrobial

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PMID28696230
PMCPMC5571281

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