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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2001

Simple method for determining biovar and serovar types of Ureaplasma urealyticum clinical isolates using PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis.

D Pitcher, M Sillis, J A Robertson

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Mycoplasmas and ureaplasmas as neonatal pathogens.Clinical microbiology reviews · 2005
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

D PitcherRespiratory and Systemic Infection Laboratory, Central Public Health Laboratory, 61 Colindale Ave., London NW9 5HT, United Kingdom. dpitcher@phls.nhs.uk
M Sillis
J A Robertson
National Public Health Laboratory · NPNorwich Research Park · GBUniversity of Alberta · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ureaplasma urealyticum has been associated with urethritis in men, obstetric problems in women, and respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants. U. urealyticum can be divided into two biovars comprising 14 serovars. Partial sequences of genes encoding the multiple-banded antigens of the cell surface are known. Using a commercially available precast DNA mutation detection gel system, we have developed a simple and reproducible PCR-single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis method for differentiating the biovars of this species that reveals five patterns among the 14 serovars and enables clinical isolates to be typed directly from broth cultures.

Indexed as

Polymorphism, Single-Stranded ConformationalBacterial Typing TechniquesDNA, BacterialFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornMalePolymerase Chain ReactionSerotypingUreaplasma InfectionsUreaplasma urealyticumDNA, Bacterial

Identifiers

PMID11326000
PMCPMC88035
OpenAlexW2134904443

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