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ArticleInfection and immunity2020

Clarithromycin Exerts an Antibiofilm Effect against

Munirah Zafar, Humera Jahan, Sulman Shafeeq, Manfred Nimtz, Lothar Jänsch, Ute Römling, M Iqbal Choudhary

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Article in Infection and immunity, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Munirah ZafarDr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.
Humera JahanDr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan jahan_pcmd@yahoo.com ute.romling@ki.se.ORCID 0000-0003-1219-2970
Sulman ShafeeqDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1152-526X
Manfred NimtzHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5798-3592
Lothar JänschHelmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5655-1181
Ute RömlingDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden jahan_pcmd@yahoo.com ute.romling@ki.se.ORCID 0000-0003-3812-6621
M Iqbal ChoudharyDr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0001-5356-3585
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research · DEKarolinska Institutet · SEUniversity of Karachi · PKKing Abdulaziz University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upon biofilm formation, production of extracellular matrix components and alteration in physiology and metabolism allows bacteria to build up multicellular communities which can facilitate nutrient acquisition during unfavorable conditions and provide protection toward various forms of environmental stresses to individual cells. Thus, bacterial cells within biofilms become tolerant against antimicrobials and the immune system. In the present study, we evaluated the antibiofilm activity of the macrolides clarithromycin and azithromycin. Clarithromycin showed antibiofilm activity against rdar (red, dry, and rough) biofilm formation of the gastrointestinal pathogen

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsBiofilmsClarithromycinGene Expression Regulation, BacterialSalmonella typhimuriumAnti-Bacterial AgentsClarithromycinbiofilmclarithromycinCsgDmacrolidesSalmonella Typhimurium

Identifiers

PMID32839186
PMCPMC7573439
OpenAlexW3081333872

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