Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33553418›Full record

ReviewMicrobial cell (Graz, Austria)2021

Biofilms by bacterial human pathogens: Clinical relevance - development, composition and regulation - therapeutical strategies.

Adina Schulze, Fabian Mitterer, Joao P Pombo, Stefan Schild

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In one paragraph

Review in Microbial cell (Graz, Austria), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
119citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

119 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 244 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Understanding bacterial biofilms: From definition to treatment strategies.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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  5. Integrated Chemical Profiling and Biological Assessment ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  14. Biofilm Associated Persistence and Drug Tolerance in Mycobacteria Within Host Microenvironments.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2026
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  16. How flagellar glycosylation of the phytopathogenic bacteriumApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
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59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Adina SchulzeInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Fabian MittererInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Joao P PomboInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria.
Stefan SchildInstitute of Molecular Biosciences, University of Graz, Humboldtstrasse 50, 8010 Graz, Austria.
University of Graz · ATBioTechMed-Graz · AT

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF DOC 50Austrian Science Fund FWF P 27654Austrian Science Fund FWF P 32577
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Notably, bacterial biofilm formation is increasingly recognized as a passive virulence factor facilitating many infectious disease processes. In this review we will focus on bacterial biofilms formed by human pathogens and highlight their relevance for diverse diseases. Along biofilm composition and regulation emphasis is laid on the intensively studied biofilms of

Indexed as

biofilmbiofilm-associated diseasenosocomial infectionsPseudomonas aeruginosastaphylococcitreatmentVibrio cholerae

Identifiers

PMID33553418
PMCPMC7841849
OpenAlexW3121832868

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Registered trials

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