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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2021

Antibiofilm Activities of Biogenic Silver Nanoparticles Against

Irshad Ahamad, Fareha Bano, Razique Anwer, Pooja Srivastava, Raj Kumar, Tasneem Fatma

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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 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 76 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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Irshad AhamadCyanobacterial Biotechnology Lab, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
Fareha BanoDepartment of Biology, College of Science and Arts, Taibah University (Female Branch), AlUla, Saudi Arabia.
Razique AnwerDepartment of Pathology, College of Medicine, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Pooja SrivastavaInstitute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India, New Delhi, India.
Raj KumarInstitute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences, Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India, New Delhi, India.
Tasneem FatmaCyanobacterial Biotechnology Lab, Department of Biosciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India.
Defence Research and Development Organisation · INJamia Millia Islamia · INImam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University · SATaibah University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms are microbial colonies that are encased in an organic polymeric matrix and are resistant to antimicrobial treatments. Biofilms can adhere to both biotic and abiotic surfaces, allowing them to colonize medical equipment such as urinary and intravenous catheters, mechanical heart valves, endotracheal tubes, and prosthetic joints.

Indexed as

Anabaena variabilisbiofilmCandida albicansflow cytometrysilver nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID35069463
PMCPMC8782275
OpenAlexW4206049444

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