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ArticleBiofilm2025

Combating biofilm formation and bacterial killing: N-acetylcysteine's efficacy against

Arthika Manoharan, Greg Whiteley, Rajesh Kuppusamy, Slade Jensen, Trevor Glasbey, Zhuoran Chen, Lia Moshkanbaryans, Kate H Moore, Theerthankar Das, Jim Manos

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Article in Biofilm, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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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

10 authors.

Arthika ManoharanInfection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Greg WhiteleyInfection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Rajesh KuppusamyInfection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Slade JensenMicrobiology and Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, Ingham Institute, Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia.
Trevor GlasbeyWhiteley Corporation, 19-23 Laverick Avenue, Tomago, NSW, 2319, Australia.
Zhuoran ChenDepartment of Urogynaecology, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Lia MoshkanbaryansInfection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Kate H MooreDepartment of Urogynaecology, St George Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, 2052, Australia.
Theerthankar DasInfection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Jim ManosInfection, Immunity and Inflammation Theme, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Uropathogenic

Indexed as

BiofilmBladderCatheter-associated UTIsCatheter blockageCA-UTIInfectionNACPseudomonas aeruginosa

Identifiers

PMID40726828
PMCPMC12302843

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