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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

The Role of

Zaid H Khoury, Taissa Vila, Taanya R Puthran, Ahmed S Sultan, Daniel Montelongo-Jauregui, Mary Anne S Melo, Mary Ann Jabra-Rizk

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 80 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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Zaid H KhouryDepartment of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Taissa VilaDepartment of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Taanya R PuthranDepartment of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Ahmed S SultanDepartment of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Daniel Montelongo-JaureguiDepartment of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Mary Anne S MeloPh.D. Program in Biomedical Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, United States.
Mary Ann Jabra-RizkDepartment of Oncology and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Maryland School of Dentistry, Baltimore, MD, United States.
University of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Candida-Associated Denture Stomatitis: A Novel Preventative Approach in an Experimental Aging Rat Model of Oral InfectionR21DE028693 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI JABRA-RIZK, MARY ANN Y · 2019 to 2020
$425k
NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE028693
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The oral cavity is a complex environment harboring diverse microbial species that often co-exist within biofilms formed on oral surfaces. Within a biofilm, inter-species interactions can be synergistic in that the presence of one organism generates a niche for another enhancing colonization. Among these species are the opportunistic fungal pathogen

Indexed as

Candida albicansdental cariesfungal-bacteria interactionsmatrixmixed-biofilmspolysaccharideStreptococcus mutans

Identifiers

PMID32256460
PMCPMC7093027
OpenAlexW3007564038

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Registered trials

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