Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40649377›Full record

ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Targeting Ocular Biofilms with Plant-Derived Antimicrobials in the Era of Antibiotic Resistance.

Monika Dzięgielewska, Michał Tomczyk, Adrian Wiater, Aleksandra Woytoń, Adam Junka

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Review
  3. Antibiotic resistance mechanisms and global resistance patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in microbial keratitis.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Review
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

5 authors.

Monika DzięgielewskaPlatform for Unique Models Application (P.U.M.A.), Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 211, 50-534 Wrocław, Poland.
Michał TomczykDepartment of Biology and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy with the Division of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Białystok, ul. Mickiewicza 2a, 15-230 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-4063-1048
Adrian WiaterDepartment of Industrial and Environmental Microbiology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, ul. Akademicka 19, 20-033 Lublin, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1433-3634
Aleksandra WoytońPlatform for Unique Models Application (P.U.M.A.), Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 211, 50-534 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-2542-928X
Adam JunkaPlatform for Unique Models Application (P.U.M.A.), Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology, Wroclaw Medical University, ul. Borowska 211, 50-534 Wrocław, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7559-8903

Funding

Wroclaw Medical University SUBZ.D230.25.01.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial biofilms present a formidable challenge in ophthalmology. Their intrinsic resistance to antibiotics and evasion of host immune defenses significantly complicate treatments for ocular infections such as conjunctivitis, keratitis, blepharitis, and endophthalmitis. These infections are often caused by pathogens, including

Indexed as

Anti-Infective AgentsBiofilmsDrug Resistance, MicrobialEye InfectionsPhytochemicalsAnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsHumansPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureusAnti-Bacterial AgentsAnti-Infective AgentsPhytochemicalsantimicrobial resistancebiofilmophthalmic infectionsphytochemicalsphytotherapy

Identifiers

PMID40649377
PMCPMC12251026

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.