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ArticleMicrobiology (Reading, England)2020

Busting biofilms: free-living amoebae disrupt preformed methicillin-resistant

Kevin H Martin, Grace I Borlee, William H Wheat, Mary Jackson, Bradley R Borlee

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Article in Microbiology (Reading, England), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Microbial Musings - August 2020.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2020
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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.

Kevin H MartinDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Grace I BorleeDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
William H WheatMycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Mary JacksonMycobacteria Research Laboratories, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Bradley R BorleeDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology, and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilm-associated infections are difficult to eradicate because of their ability to tolerate antibiotics and evade host immune responses. Amoebae and/or their secreted products may provide alternative strategies to inhibit and disperse biofilms on biotic and abiotic surfaces. We evaluated the potential of five predatory amoebae -

Indexed as

AmoebidaAntibiosisBiofilmsCell SurvivalCulture Media, ConditionedMethicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureusMycobacterium bovisSpecies SpecificityCulture Media, ConditionedAcanthamoebaamoebaebiofilmDictyosteliumMRSAMycobacterium bovisStaphylococcus aureusVermamoeba

Identifiers

PMID32459167
PMCPMC7641382

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