Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30217006›Full record

ReviewMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Targeting the Bacterial Protective Armour; Challenges and Novel Strategies in the Treatment of Microbial Biofilm.

Nor Fadhilah Kamaruzzaman, Li Peng Tan, Khairun Anisa Mat Yazid, Shamsaldeen Ibrahim Saeed, Ruhil Hayati Hamdan, Siew Shean Choong, Weng Kin Wong, Alexandru Chivu, Amanda Jane Gibson

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In one paragraph

Review in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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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

20 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Elimination Effect of Medical-Grade Honey onJournal of clinical medicine research · 2025
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  6. Antibiofilm Strategies in Neonatal and Pediatric Infections.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  9. Prevalence, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Characterization ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022
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  10. Drug Repurposing TargetingAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  12. Treatment ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2022
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  14. The nitric oxide synthase gene negatively regulates biofilm formation inFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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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

9 authors.

Nor Fadhilah KamaruzzamanFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia. norfadhilah@umk.edu.my.ORCID 0000-0002-3092-1201
Li Peng TanFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia. li.peng@umk.edu.my.ORCID 0000-0003-1668-3224
Khairun Anisa Mat YazidFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia. anisa932@gmail.com.
Shamsaldeen Ibrahim SaeedFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia. Shams88ns@gmail.com.
Ruhil Hayati HamdanFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia. ruhil@umk.edu.my.
Siew Shean ChoongFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Pengkalan Chepa 16100, Kelantan, Malaysia. shean.cs@umk.edu.my.ORCID 0000-0003-2189-638X
Weng Kin WongSchool of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian 16150, Kelantan, Malaysia. wengkinwong@usm.my.ORCID 0000-0003-2189-638X
Alexandru ChivuUCL Centre for Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine, Division of Surgery & Interventional Science, University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK. a.chivu.14@ucl.ac.uk.
Amanda Jane GibsonRoyal Veterinary College, Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hatfield AL9 7TA, UK. ajgibson@rvc.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infectious disease caused by pathogenic bacteria continues to be the primary challenge to humanity. Antimicrobial resistance and microbial biofilm formation in part, lead to treatment failures. The formation of biofilms by nosocomial pathogens such as

Indexed as

anti-biofilmsbiofilmsKlebsiella pneumoniaenosocomial pathogensPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID30217006
PMCPMC6164881

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