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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Evaluation of the Potential of Chitosan Nanoparticles as a Delivery Vehicle for Gentamicin for the Treatment of Osteomyelitis.

Elliot Simpson, Humera Sarwar, Iain Jack, Deborah Lowry

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
8.0field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Elliot SimpsonSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Cromore Rd, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.
Humera SarwarSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Cromore Rd, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3674-3167
Iain JackSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Cromore Rd, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.
Deborah LowrySchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life and Health Sciences, Ulster University, Cromore Rd, Coleraine BT52 1SA, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3919-7456
University of Ulster · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosan nanoparticle delivery systems have the potential for enhancing bone healing and addressing osteomyelitis. The objective was to deliver antimicrobial agents capable of preventing or treating osteomyelitis. Each formulation was optimized to achieve desired characteristics in terms of size (ranging from 100 to 400 nm), PDI (less than 0.5), zeta potential (typically negative), and in vitro release profiles for gentamicin. Entrapment percentages varied with gentamicin ranging from 10% to 65%. The chitosan nanoparticles exhibited substantial antimicrobial efficacy, particularly against

Indexed as

antimicrobialschitosandrug deliverygentamicinnanoparticlesosteomyelitis

Identifiers

PMID38534643
PMCPMC10967418
OpenAlexW4392057934

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