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ReviewClinical microbiology reviews2019

Translating Recent Microbiome Insights in Otitis Media into Probiotic Strategies.

Marianne F L van den Broek, Ilke De Boeck, Filip Kiekens, An Boudewyns, Olivier M Vanderveken, Sarah Lebeer

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In one paragraph

Review in Clinical microbiology reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marianne F L van den BroekEnvironmental Ecology and Applied Microbiology Research Group, Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Ilke De BoeckEnvironmental Ecology and Applied Microbiology Research Group, Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Filip KiekensLaboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology and Biopharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical, Biomedical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Antwerp, Wilrijk, Belgium.
An BoudewynsDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
Olivier M VandervekenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.
Sarah LebeerEnvironmental Ecology and Applied Microbiology Research Group, Department of Bioscience Engineering, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium sarah.lebeer@uantwerpen.be.ORCID 0000-0002-9400-6918
University of Antwerp · BEAntwerp University Hospital · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The microbiota of the upper respiratory tract (URT) protects the host from bacterial pathogenic colonization by competing for adherence to epithelial cells and by immune response regulation that includes the activation of antimicrobial and (anti-)inflammatory components. However, environmental or host factors can modify the microbiota to an unstable community that predisposes the host to infection or inflammation. One of the URT diseases most often encountered in children is otitis media (OM). The role of pathogenic bacteria like

Indexed as

MicrobiotaHumansOtitis MediaProbioticsHaemophilus influenzaeLactobacillusmicrobiomeMoraxella catarrhalisotitis mediaprobioticsStreptococcus pneumoniae

Identifiers

PMID31270125
PMCPMC6750133
OpenAlexW2954907917

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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