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ReviewJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Vulvovaginal Candidiasis: A Current Understanding and Burning Questions.

Hubertine M E Willems, Salman S Ahmed, Junyan Liu, Zhenbo Xu, Brian M Peters

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 164 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
164citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
26.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

164 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 326 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Hemolytic Activity of VaginalPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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104 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hubertine M E WillemsDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Salman S AhmedSchool of Food Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China.
Junyan LiuDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Zhenbo XuDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
Brian M PetersDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · USSouth China University of Technology · CN

Funding

Candidalysin: a key mediator of Candida vaginitis immunopathologyR01AI134796 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI Brian M Peters · 2018 to 2026
$2.9M
Targeted and forward genetic approaches to decipher the pathogenesis of symptomatic vulvovaginal candidiasisR21AI141829 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI PETERS, BRIAN M · 2019 to 2020
$418k
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AI134796National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases AI141829NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI134796NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI141829
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

CandidacandidiasisfungalvaginavaginitisvulvovaginalVVC

Identifiers

PMID32106438
PMCPMC7151053
OpenAlexW3007795453

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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