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ArticleJournal of oral microbiology2017

Effect of azithromycin on a red complex polymicrobial biofilm.

Hwei Sze Ong, Orit Oettinger-Barak, Stuart G Dashper, Ivan B Darby, Kheng H Tan, Eric C Reynolds

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Article in Journal of oral microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 15 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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hwei Sze OngMelbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.
Orit Oettinger-BarakMelbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.
Stuart G DashperMelbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.
Ivan B DarbyMelbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6457-5327
Kheng H TanMelbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.
Eric C ReynoldsMelbourne Dental School, Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Bio21 Institute, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6618-4856
The University of Melbourne · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Azithromycin has recently gained popularity for the treatment of periodontal disease, despite sparse literature supporting efficiency in treating periodontal bacterial biofilms. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of azithromycin on biofilms comprised of

Indexed as

antibiotic therapyazithromycinbiofilmperiodontal diseaseRed complex bacteria

Identifiers

PMID28748041
PMCPMC5508370
OpenAlexW2625963313

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Registered trials

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