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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Counteraction of Biofilm Formation and Antimicrobial Potential of

Mohammad Azam Ansari, Abul Kalam, Abdullah G Al-Sehemi, Mohammad N Alomary, Sami AlYahya, Mohammad Kashif Aziz, Shekhar Srivastava, Saad Alghamdi, Sultan Akhtar, Hussain D Almalki and 3 more

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Mohammad Azam AnsariDepartment of Epidemic Disease Research, Institute for Research & Medical Consultations (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6122-5479
Abul KalamDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah G Al-SehemiDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, Abha 61413, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6793-3038
Mohammad N AlomaryNational Centre for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7909-4377
Sami AlYahyaNational Centre for Biotechnology, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), Riyadh 11442, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammad Kashif AzizDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Shekhar SrivastavaDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Saad AlghamdiLaboratory Medicine Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 24231, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4532-9128
Sultan AkhtarDepartment of Biophysics, Institute for Research & Medical Consultation (IRMC), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam 31441, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9473-4739
Hussain D AlmalkiDepartment of Chemistry, University College in Al-Qunfudah, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah Al-Mukarramah 1109, Saudi Arabia.
Syed F AdilDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2768-1235
Mujeeb KhanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4088-6913
Mohammad R HatshanDepartment of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3100-5747
King Saud University · SAImam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · SAKing Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology · SAKing Khalid University · SAUmm al-Qura University · SAUniversity of Allahabad · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms not only protect bacteria and Candida species from antibiotics, but they also promote the emergence of drug-resistant strains, making eradication more challenging. As a result, novel antimicrobial agents to counteract biofilm formation are desperately needed. In this study,

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antibiotics resistantbio-actives cappingbiofilmCandida albicansMRSAsilver nanoparticlesTEMultrastructural changes

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PMID34208591
PMCPMC8234839
OpenAlexW3170951675

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