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ReviewFuture microbiology2008

New insights into the pathogenesis and detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae infections.

Ken B Waites, Mitchell F Balish, T Prescott Atkinson

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In one paragraph

Review in Future microbiology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
98citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

98 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 215 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Serum Interferon-γ Is Associated With RefractoryJournal of Korean medical science · 2026
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  7. Research progress on detection technologies for Mycoplasma pneumoniae.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  8. Rapid and efficient detection of Mycoplasma pneumoniae via an ERA/Cas12f1_ge4.1-coupled colloidal gold lateral flow assay.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  9. CT-based radiomics nomogram for distinguishingTranslational pediatrics · 2026
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  12. Breathe (Sheffield, England) · 2025
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  16. The Clinical Profile of PediatricMicroorganisms · 2025
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  20. Laboratory diagnosis and treatment ofAnnals of medicine · 2024
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38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ken B WaitesUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, WP 230, 619 19th Street South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. waiteskb@uab.edu
Mitchell F Balish
T Prescott Atkinson
University of Alabama at Birmingham · USMiami University · US

Funding

The Effect of Mycoplasma on Chronic AsthmaP01HL073907 · NHLBI · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI CHU, HONG W · 2004 to 2008
$10.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL073907NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL073907-04
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae is a common cause of upper and lower respiratory tract infections in persons of all ages and may be responsible for up to 40% of community-acquired pneumonias. A wide array of extrapulmonary events may accompany the infections caused by this organism, related to autoimmunity or direct spread. This review includes a discussion of the latest knowledge concerning the molecular pathological basis of mycoplasmal respiratory disease, how the organism interacts with the host immune system and its association with the development of chronic conditions such as asthma, recent emergence of macrolide resistance and the status of laboratory diagnostic methods.

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsDrug Resistance, BacterialHumansMacrolidesMycoplasma InfectionsMycoplasma pneumoniaePneumonia, MycoplasmaAnti-Bacterial AgentsMacrolides

Identifiers

PMID19072181
PMCPMC2633477
OpenAlexW2066161072

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