Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29159172›Full record

ReviewFrontiers in veterinary science2017

Examining the Link between Biofilm Formation and the Ability of Pathogenic

Keith D MacKenzie, Melissa B Palmer, Wolfgang L Köster, Aaron P White

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Review in Frontiers in veterinary science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed
9.3field-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

64 citing papers in PubMed, 123 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Comparative Biofilmomics of Antimicrobial-ResistantAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  17. Diagnosis ofFrontiers in pediatrics · 2025
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  18. Biofilm · 2024
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4 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.

Keith D MacKenzieVaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Melissa B PalmerVaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Wolfgang L KösterVaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Aaron P WhiteVaccine and Infectious Disease Organization-International Vaccine Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
University of Saskatchewan · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

biofilmscellulosecurligastroenteritishost adaptationSalmonella

Identifiers

PMID29159172
PMCPMC5581909
OpenAlexW2748231001

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Registered trials

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