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ArticleBioMed research international2017

Sterilization of Biofilm on a Titanium Surface Using a Combination of Nonthermal Plasma and Chlorhexidine Digluconate.

Tripti Thapa Gupta, Surya B Karki, Jyl S Matson, Daniel J Gehling, Halim Ayan

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Article in BioMed research international, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Plasma bioscience for medicine, agriculture and hygiene applications.The journal of the Korean Physical Society · 2022
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  5. Non-thermal plasma causesFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  11. Medically important biofilms and non-thermal plasma.World journal of microbiology & biotechnology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Tripti Thapa GuptaDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.
Surya B KarkiDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8595-3219
Jyl S MatsonDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Toledo College of Medicine and Life Sciences, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Daniel J GehlingDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, The University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
Halim AyanDepartment of Bioengineering, College of Engineering, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4103-9772

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nosocomial infections caused by opportunistic bacteria pose major healthcare problem worldwide. Out of the many microorganisms responsible for such infections,

Indexed as

Plasma GasesAnti-Infective Agents, LocalBiofilmsChlorhexidineHumansMicrobial ViabilityPseudomonas aeruginosaSterilizationTitaniumAnti-Infective Agents, LocalChlorhexidinechlorhexidine gluconatePlasma GasesTitanium

Identifiers

PMID29057263
PMCPMC5625801

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