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ArticleAntimicrobial agents and chemotherapy2018

Antimicrobial Efficacy and Safety of a Novel Gas Plasma-Activated Catheter Lock Solution.

Sudhir Bhatt, Poonam Mehta, Chen Chen, Dayle A Daines, Leonard A Mermel, Hai-Lan Chen, Michael G Kong

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Article in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Sudhir BhattCenter for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Poonam MehtaCenter for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Chen ChenState Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Power Equipment, Center for Plasma Biomedicine, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Dayle A DainesDepartment of Biological Sciences, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.
Leonard A MermelDepartment of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.
Hai-Lan ChenCenter for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA h1chen@odu.edu mkong@odu.edu.
Michael G KongCenter for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA h1chen@odu.edu mkong@odu.edu.
Old Dominion University · USBrown University · USNorfolk State University · USXi'an Jiaotong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antimicrobial lock solutions are important for prevention of microbial colonization and infection of long-term central venous catheters. We investigated the efficacy and safety of a novel antibiotic-free lock solution formed from gas plasma-activated disinfectant (PAD). Using a luminal biofilm model, viable cells of methicillin-resistant

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Anti-Infective AgentsBiofilmsCandida albicansCell SurvivalEndothelial CellsHumansMicrobial Sensitivity TestsPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus epidermidisAnti-Infective Agentscathetercentral line-associated bloodstream infectioncentral venous cathetergas plasma-activated disinfectantlock solution

Identifiers

PMID29844050
PMCPMC6105793
OpenAlexW2952171484

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