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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2021

Epidemiology of Biofilm Producing

Ahmed Morad Asaad, Shamshul Ansari, Soma Elsayed Ajlan, Samah Mohammed Awad

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
30citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Biofilm Formation in ClinicalBioMed research international · 2026
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  5. High Prevalence of Virulence andPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  8. 3-Hydroxybenzoic acid inhibits the virulence attributes and disrupts biofilm production in clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025
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  18. Extensive Drug Resistance of Strong Biofilm-ProducingPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  19. Multidrug-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  20. Frontiers in microbiology · 2023
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ahmed Morad AsaadDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-1422-1117
Shamshul AnsariDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Chitwan Medical College School of Medicine, Bharatpur, 44200, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0003-1846-1377
Soma Elsayed AjlanDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt.
Samah Mohammed AwadDepartment of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Molecular Microbiology in Liver and GIT, National Liver Institute, Menoufia, Egypt.
Menoufia University · EGChitwan Medical College · NPZagazig University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis cross-sectional study aims to determine the prevalence and associated risk factors of biofilm-producing

methodsA total of 94 non-duplicate

resultsThe majority (70.1%) of isolates were biofilm producers. The most prevalent biofilm gene was

conclusionThe high prevalence of biofilm-producing MDR and XDR nosocomial isolates in this study is worrisome and alarming. Characterization of risk factors could help control the continuous selection and transfer of this serious

Indexed as

AcinetobacterbiofilmMDRnosocomial infectionXDR

Identifiers

PMID33654415
PMCPMC7914062
OpenAlexW3131453088

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