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ArticlePLoS pathogens2010

Are members of the fungal genus pneumocystis (a) commensals; (b) opportunists; (c) pathogens; or (d) all of the above?

Melanie T Cushion

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Article in PLoS pathogens, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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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

27 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Retracing the evolution ofMicrobiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2024
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  4. Microbiological characterization ofJournal of clinical microbiology · 2023
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  6. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  7. Transmission and Colonization ofJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  10. A multi-centered study ofCurrent medical mycology · 2019
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  11. Real-time PCR assay for screening Pneumocystis in free-living wild squirrels and river rats in Italy.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2018
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  17. Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Melanie T CushionUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America. Melanie.Cushion@uc.edu

Funding

Biofilm Formation by PneumocystisR01AI076104 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI · PI CUSHION, MELANIE T · 2008 to 2011
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI076104
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

AnimalsPneumocystisPneumonia, Pneumocystis

Identifiers

PMID20885786
PMCPMC2944789

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