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*Citation: Sahakian B, Jones G, Levy R, Gray J, Warburton D. The effects of nicotine on attention, information processing, and short-term memory in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type. Br J Psychiatry. 1989 Jun;154:797-800. doi: 10.1192/bjp.154.6.797. PMID: 2597885.

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*As a follow-up to these provocative findings, future related studies should examine whether nicotine exerts its anti-microbial effects against a much broader range of indigenous microflora than has been studied so far, along with focusing on the molecular biologic mechanisms and host pathologic changes associated with nicotine-mediated killing of the oral and intestinal microflora.

**Citation: Pavia CS, Plummer MM. Clinical implications of nicotine as an antimicrobial agent and immune modulator. Biomed Pharmacother. 2020 Sep;129:110404. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110404. Epub 2020 Jun 27. PMID: 32603888; PMCID: PMC7320263.

***Acknowledgement: This work was partially supported by funds provided by the Department of Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine. The authors thank the publisher of the Journal of Medical Microbiology (JMM) for granting us permission to reuse in this paper, without being subject to any copyright infringement, some of the material previously published by one of us (CSP) in the JMM. We also thank Jane Pavia for contributing to the design of the graphical abstract.

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 *[https://sci-hub.st/10.1192/bjp.154.6.797 PDF Version]
 *Citation: Sahakian B, Jones G, Levy R, Gray J, Warburton D. The effects of nicotine on attention, information processing, and short-term memory in patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type. Br J Psychiatry. 1989 Jun;154:797-800. doi: 10.1192/bjp.154.6.797. PMID: 2597885.
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+='''Antimicrobial Agent'''=
+*As a follow-up to these provocative findings, future related studies should examine whether nicotine exerts its anti-microbial effects against a much broader range of indigenous microflora than has been studied so far, along with focusing on the molecular biologic mechanisms and host pathologic changes associated with nicotine-mediated killing of the oral and intestinal microflora.
+**Citation: Pavia CS, Plummer MM. Clinical implications of nicotine as an antimicrobial agent and immune modulator. Biomed Pharmacother. 2020 Sep;129:110404. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.110404. Epub 2020 Jun 27. PMID: 32603888; PMCID: PMC7320263.
+***Acknowledgement: This work was partially supported by funds provided by the Department of Biomedical Sciences, NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine. The authors thank the publisher of the Journal of Medical Microbiology (JMM) for granting us permission to reuse in this paper, without being subject to any copyright infringement, some of the material previously published by one of us (CSP) in the JMM. We also thank Jane Pavia for contributing to the design of the graphical abstract.
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