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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2020

Biofilm Formation of

Xueqing Wu, Sisi Zhang, Haiying Li, Laien Shen, Chenle Dong, Yao Sun, Huale Chen, Boyun Xu, Wenyi Zhuang, Margaret Deighton and 1 more

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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 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% 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

43 citing papers in PubMed, 62 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

11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Xueqing WuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Sisi ZhangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Haiying LiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Laien ShenDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Chenle DongDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yao SunDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Huale ChenDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Boyun XuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Wenyi ZhuangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Margaret DeightonSchool of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
Yue QuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University · CNShenzhen University · CNWenzhou Medical University · CNMonash University · AURMIT University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundVaginal candidiasis is an important medical condition awaiting more effective treatment. How

methodsA mouse model of vaginal candidiasis was adopted to examine the formation of biotic biofilms on the vaginal epithelium and fungal infiltration by laboratory and clinical strains of

results

conclusionThis study comprehensively assessed biofilm-related microbial strategies that

Indexed as

antifungal tolerancebiofilm formationfungal infiltrationmouse modelpersister cellsrecurrent vaginal candidiasisvaginal candidiasis

Identifiers

PMID32582081
PMCPMC7289921
OpenAlexW3027205446

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