ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2018
Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
What it found
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- N-acetylcysteine as an adjunct to antibiotics against bacterial biofilms: A systematic review of in vitro evidence.Biofilm · 2026Review
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- Genomic insights into ST85 and ST158 belonging to recently emerged global clones of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Egypt: in vitro assessment of repurposed drug-antibiotic combinations.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2025Article
- N-Acetyl cysteine exhibits antimicrobial and anti-virulence activity against Salmonella enterica.PloS one · 2025Article
- Antibiotics-free compounds for managing carbapenem-resistant bacteria; a narrative review.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2024Review
- A Natural Alternative Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections: Itxasol©, the Importance of the Formulation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Inhibition of Virulence Factors and Biofilm Formation of Acinetobacter Baumannii by Naturally-derived and Synthetic Drugs.Current drug targets · 2021Review
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Authors and funding
11 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
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methodsMinimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) of NAC were determined by broth microdilution method. Biofilm susceptibility was assessed by crystal violet stain. Interactive effects of NAC and TGC on planktonic cells were determined by checkerboard MIC assay. Viable cell count was used to evaluate the combined effect of NAC and TGC on biofilm-embedded bacteria.
resultsMICs of NAC against 25
conclusionsNAC alone significantly inhibited biofilm formation of
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