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SynthesisNutrients2019

Effect of Probiotics on Oral Candidiasis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Tiziana Mundula, Federica Ricci, Beatrice Barbetta, Michela Baccini, Amedeo Amedei

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Synthesis in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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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

5 authors.

Tiziana MundulaUnit of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health. University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy. greentea@virgilio.it.
Federica RicciDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy. federica.ricci1987@gmail.com.
Beatrice BarbettaDepartment of Biostatistics, Rottapharm Biotech, 20900 Monza, Italy. beatrice.barbetta@rottapharmbiotech.com.
Michela BacciniDepartment of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy. michela.baccini@unifi.it.
Amedeo AmedeiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy. amedeo.amedei@unifi.it.ORCID 0000-0002-6797-9343

Funding

Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze FCR 2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral candidiasis (OC) is an increasing health problem due to the introduction of new drugs, population aging, and increasing prevalence of chronic illness. This study systematically reviews the effects of the oral intake of probiotics, prebiotics, and synbiotics on

Indexed as

ProbioticsAntifungal AgentsCandidiasis, OralHumansRisk FactorsAntifungal AgentsBayesian meta-analysisCandida spp.Candida spp. carriageCandida spp. preventionCandida spp. treatmentmicrobiotaoral candidiasisprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID31615039
PMCPMC6836010

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