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ReviewMicroorganisms2025

Biofilm Formation of

Dayana Borisova, Tsvetelina Paunova-Krasteva, Tanya Strateva, Stoyanka Stoitsova

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Review in Microorganisms, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing 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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Association ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  11. Mechanisms of thermoregulation inJournal of bacteriology · 2026
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  13. Molecular Mechanisms Underlying the Pathogenicity ofMedicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026
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  16. Antibiotic resistance inFrontiers in microbiology · 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

4 authors.

Dayana BorisovaStephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 25, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0009-0002-1514-3699
Tsvetelina Paunova-KrastevaStephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 25, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-8376-8917
Tanya StratevaDepartment of Medical Microbiology "Corr. Mem. Prof. Ivan Mitov, MD, DMSc", Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Sofia, 2 Zdrave Str., 1431 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-5197-1849
Stoyanka StoitsovaStephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str., Bl. 25, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria.ORCID 0000-0002-2378-3883

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-limiting autosomal recessive disorder affecting a large number of individuals in Europe. The disease arises from mutations in the CFTR gene encoding the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator, a chloride ion channel crucial for maintaining epithelial ion and fluid homeostasis. Dysfunctional CFTR disrupts mucociliary clearance, particularly in the respiratory tract, resulting in persistent bacterial colonization, chronic inflammation, and progressive pulmonary damage-ultimately leading to respiratory failure, the principal cause of mortality in CF patients. Early diagnosis and advances in therapy have substantially improved both survival and quality of life. A hallmark of CF pathology is the establishment of polymicrobial infections within the thickened airway mucus.

Indexed as

antibioticsbiofilmscystic fibrosispersistencePseudomonas aeruginosavirulence factors

Identifiers

PMID40732035
PMCPMC12299273

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