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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Carolyn Vitale, Tianhui Maria Ma, Janice Sim, Christopher Altheim, Erika Martinez-Nieves, Usha Kadiyala, Michael J Solomon, J Scott VanEpps

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. SkinApplied and environmental microbiology · 2026
    Article
  3. Biofilm Production, Distribution ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Article
  4. Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022
    Article
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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carolyn VitaleDepartment of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Tianhui Maria MaDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Janice SimDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Christopher AltheimDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Erika Martinez-NievesDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Usha KadiyalaDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Michael J SolomonDepartment of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
J Scott VanEppsDepartment of Emergency Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
University of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USBioSurfaces (United States) · US

Funding

Biomechanics of Blood Stream InfectionsR01GM081702 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SOLOMON, MICHAEL J · 2009 to 2017
$3.2M
Antimicrobial mechanisms of action zinc oxide nanoparticlesK08AI128006 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI VANEPPS, J SCOTT · 2017 to 2020
$778k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI128006NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081702
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacterial infection and thrombosis are highly correlated, especially in patients with indwelling medical devices. Coagulase-negative staphylococci, typified by

Indexed as

bacterial adhesionbiofilmrheometrySdrGSSPAthrombosisvirulence

Identifiers

PMID34220741
PMCPMC8241941
OpenAlexW3170309125

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Registered trials

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