Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33240473›Full record

ReviewComputational and structural biotechnology journal2020

The staphylococcal exopolysaccharide PIA - Biosynthesis and role in biofilm formation, colonization, and infection.

Hoai T T Nguyen, Thuan H Nguyen, Michael Otto

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Computational and structural biotechnology journal, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 132 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
132citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

132 citing papers in PubMed, 223 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hoai T T NguyenPathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, Bethesda 20814, MD, USA.
Thuan H NguyenPathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, Bethesda 20814, MD, USA.
Michael OttoPathogen Molecular Genetics Section, Laboratory of Bacteriology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, U.S. National Institutes of Health, 50 South Drive, Bethesda 20814, MD, USA.
National Institutes of Health · USVietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City · VN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exopolysaccharide is a key part of the extracellular matrix that contributes to important mechanisms of bacterial pathogenicity, most notably biofilm formation and immune evasion. In the human pathogens

Indexed as

BiofilmColonizationCoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococciDevice-related infectionMRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureusMSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureusPIAPIA, polysaccharide intercellular adhesinPNAGPNAG, poly-N-acetylglucosaminePoly-N-acetylglucosaminePolysaccharide intercellular adhesinStaphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus epidermidis

Identifiers

PMID33240473
PMCPMC7674160
OpenAlexW3094759425

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Registered trials

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