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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2017

Vaginal Lactobacilli Reduce

Claudio Foschi, Melissa Salvo, Roberto Cevenini, Carola Parolin, Beatrice Vitali, Antonella Marangoni

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 50 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
50citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

50 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 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.

Claudio FoschiMicrobiology, Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Melissa SalvoMicrobiology, Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Roberto CeveniniMicrobiology, Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Carola ParolinDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Beatrice VitaliDepartment of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Antonella MarangoniMicrobiology, Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine - DIMES, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
University of Bologna · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in

Indexed as

AntibiosisMicrobial ViabilityFemaleHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationLactic AcidLactobacillusNeisseria gonorrhoeaeSurface-Active AgentsTime FactorsVaginaLactic AcidSurface-Active AgentsgonococcusgonorrheaLactobacillusprobioticsSTIs

Identifiers

PMID29270390
PMCPMC5723648
OpenAlexW2774673861

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