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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2002

Rapid real-time PCR for determination of penicillin susceptibility in pneumococcal meningitis, including culture-negative cases.

Angela M Kearns, Clive Graham, Doreen Burdess, Jane Heatherington, Roger Freeman

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In one paragraph

Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Serial PCR genetic load determination in the surgical management of pneumococcal intracranial sepsis.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2012
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  4. Pneumolysin polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of pneumococcal pneumonia and empyema in children.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2006
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Angela M KearnsPublic Health Laboratory, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6BE, United Kingdom. newakear@north.phls.nhs.uk
Clive Graham
Doreen Burdess
Jane Heatherington
Roger Freeman
North Tyneside General Hospital · GBRoyal Victoria Infirmary · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel real-time PCR-hybridization assay was developed for the rapid (<1 h) detection of penicillin susceptibility in Streptococcus pneumoniae. When applied to 24 pneumococcal DNA-positive cerebrospinal fluid extracts, penicillin-sensitive S. pneumoniae was detected in all instances. Real-time PCR proved more sensitive than culture, microscopy, or antigen detection and provided susceptibility data even in culture-negative cases.

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsHexosyltransferasesPeptidyl TransferasesAdolescentAdultAgedCarrier ProteinsCerebrospinal FluidChildChild, PreschoolCulture MediaDNA, BacterialHumansInfantMeningitis, PneumococcalMicrobial Sensitivity TestsBacterial ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCulture MediaDNA, BacterialHexosyltransferasesMuramoylpentapeptide CarboxypeptidasePenicillin-Binding ProteinsPenicillinsPeptidyl Transferases

Identifiers

PMID11825996
PMCPMC153399
OpenAlexW2140527177

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