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ReviewFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2024

Strategies for combating antibiotic resistance in bacterial biofilms.

Kayla E Grooters, Jennifer C Ku, David M Richter, Matthew J Krinock, Ashley Minor, Patrick Li, Audrey Kim, Robert Sawyer, Yong Li

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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79citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

79 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  20. Biofilm Formation Patterns ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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19 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

9 authors.

Kayla E GrootersDepartment of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.
Jennifer C KuDepartment of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.
David M RichterDepartment of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.
Matthew J KrinockDepartment of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.
Ashley MinorDepartment of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.
Patrick LiUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
Audrey KimDepartment of Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.
Robert SawyerDepartment of Surgery, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.
Yong LiDivision of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, MI, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms, which are complexes of microorganisms that adhere to surfaces and secrete protective extracellular matrices, wield substantial influence across diverse domains such as medicine, industry, and environmental science. Despite ongoing challenges posed by biofilms in clinical medicine, research in this field remains dynamic and indeterminate. This article provides a contemporary assessment of biofilms and their treatment, with a focus on recent advances, to chronicle the evolving landscape of biofilm research.

Indexed as

BacteriaBiofilmsAnti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialDrug Resistance, MicrobialAnti-Bacterial Agentsantibiotic resistancebacteriophagebiofilminfectiontreatment

Identifiers

PMID38322672
PMCPMC10846525

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