ArticleIndian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India2022
Bacterial Biofilms on Tracheostomy Tubes.
Article in Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05113329 (Efficacy of Infection Control Program on Reducing Tracheostomy Tube Colonization With Biofilm Producing Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Efficacy of Infection Control Program on Reducing Tracheostomy Tube Colonization With Biofilm Producing Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.
- Care of Infants and Children with Tracheostomies: An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2025Guideline
- Biofilm Formation on Endotracheal and Tracheostomy Tubing: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Culture Data and Sampling Method.MicrobiologyOpen · 2025Pooled it
- Biofilms in clinical infection: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and the evolving therapeutic landscape.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2026Review
- Non-Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Use of mucolytics and inhaled antibiotics in the NICU.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Review
- Biofilm Production in Intensive Care Units: Challenges and Implications.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- COVID-19 Related Tracheal Stenosis Requiring Tracheal Resection: A Case Series.The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology · 2024Article
- Microbial Biofilms: Features of Formation and Potential for Use in Bioelectrochemical Devices.Biosensors · 2024Review
- Cold Atmospheric Helium Plasma in the Post-COVID-19 Era: A Promising Tool for the Disinfection of Silicone Endotracheal Prostheses.Microorganisms · 2024Article
- Treatment and Management ofInfection and drug resistance · 2024Review
- [Factors related with microbiological contamination of surgical site in patients undergoing tracheotomy].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2023Observational
- Sonochemical Deposition of Gentamicin Nanoparticles at the PCV Tracheostomy Tube Surface Limiting Bacterial Biofilm Formation.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Rifampicin Enhanced Carbapenem Activity with Improved Antibacterial Effects and Eradicates EstablishedPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- An observational study ofERJ open research · 2022Article
- Convergence of Biofilm Formation and Antibiotic Resistance inFrontiers in medicine · 2022Review
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Abstract
Tracheostomy is a commonly performed airway surgery for critically ill patients. Tracheostomy tube is an indwelling prosthesis, providing potential surface for growth of bacteria. Biofilm formation by bacteria as a self-protective mechanism, has led to worrisome antibacterial resistance and thus higher rate of nosocomial infections. A prospective observational study was conducted with a purpose of knowing most common organisms capable of forming biofilm on tracheostomy tube and their antibiotic sensitivity in our setting. Fifty seven percent of the isolates were found to be capable of biofilm production.
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