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ArticleBiology2023

Development of PVA Electrospun Nanofibers for Fabrication of Bacteriological Swabs.

Rebecca Pellegrino, Stefania Villani, Daniela Spagnolo, Irene Carofalo, Nico Carrino, Matteo Calcagnile, Pietro Alifano, Marta Madaghiele, Christian Demitri, Paola Nitti

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Article in Biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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0citing papers in PubMed
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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

0 citing papers in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca PellegrinoDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5757-8896
Stefania VillaniDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2562-4341
Daniela SpagnoloMicrobiotech s.r.l., Via A. Tamborino s.n.c., 73024 Maglie, Italy.
Irene CarofaloMicrobiotech s.r.l., Via A. Tamborino s.n.c., 73024 Maglie, Italy.ORCID 0009-0005-6999-3383
Nico CarrinoDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0009-0001-2033-2091
Matteo CalcagnileDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9745-4583
Pietro AlifanoDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3768-7275
Marta MadaghieleDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3039-9107
Christian DemitriDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1145-6674
Paola NittiDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, Campus Ecotekne, University of Salento, Via per Monteroni, 73100 Lecce, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0333-4113
University of Salento · IT

Funding

Ministry of Education, Universities and Research DOT1312707
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In recent years, the enormous demand for swabs for clinical use has promoted their relevance and, consequently, brought the environmental issues due to their single use and lack of biodegradability to the attention of the healthcare industry. Swabs consist of a stick that facilitates their easy handling and manoeuvrability even in complex districts and an absorbent tip designed to uptake and release biological samples. In this study, we focused on the fabrication of an innovative biodegradable poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) nanofiber swab tip using the electrospinning technique. The innovative swab tip obtained showed comparable uptake and release capacity of protein and bacterial species (

Indexed as

electrospinningnanofibersPseudomonas aeruginosaPVAStaphylococcus aureusswab

Identifiers

PMID37998003
PMCPMC10669574
OpenAlexW4388410865

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