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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Pexiganan in Combination with Nisin to Control Polymicrobial Diabetic Foot Infections.

Diana Gomes, Raquel Santos, Rui S Soares, Solange Reis, Sandra Carvalho, Pedro Rego, Maria C Peleteiro, Luís Tavares, Manuela Oliveira

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

38 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Synergistic Action of Antimicrobial Peptides and Antibiotics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  10. Advances of Antimicrobial Peptides in the Treatment of Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  11. In Vivo Antimicrobial Activity of Nisin Z AgainstAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  12. Antibiotic-ResistantMicroorganisms · 2025
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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 at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Diana GomesCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
Raquel SantosCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
Rui S SoaresCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-6573-5292
Solange ReisCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
Sandra CarvalhoCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
Pedro RegoCentro de Química Estrutural, Instituto Superior Técnico, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal.
Maria C PeleteiroCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
Luís TavaresCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
Manuela OliveiraCentro de Investigação Interdisciplinar em Sanidade Animal (CIISA), Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade de Lisboa, Avenida da Universidade Técnica, 1300-477 Lisboa, Portugal.
University of Lisbon · PTInstituto Superior Técnico · PT

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia PTDC/SAU-INF/28466/2017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs) are major complications of Diabetes

Indexed as

3D wound modelAntimicrobial peptidesbiofilmdiabetic foot infectionsdiabetic foot ulcersguar gumnisinpexigananPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID32244862
PMCPMC7148459
OpenAlexW3011550612

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