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ArticleEmerging infectious diseases2012

Nonculture diagnostic tests for enteric diseases.

Timothy F Jones, Peter Gerner-Smidt

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Article in Emerging infectious diseases, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Timothy F JonesTennessee Department of Health, Nashville, TN 37243, USA. tim.f.jones@tn.gov
Peter Gerner-Smidt
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USTennessee Department of Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) has traditionally been based on culture results of feces from patients with diarrhea. Virtually everything we know about disease and the epidemiology of enteric pathogens, such as Salmonella spp., Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), e.g., O157, and Campylobacter spp., has been generated from the study of patients with culture-confirmed infections. However, this pattern may be changing because AGE diagnostics are moving away from culture toward rapid nonculture methods. These infections are mainly foodborne and therefore preventable, and it is of paramount importance that public health surveillance for these infections is consistent and reliable.

Indexed as

LaboratoriesMicrobiologyCampylobacterCampylobacter InfectionsEscherichia coli InfectionsHumansShiga-Toxigenic Escherichia coli

Identifiers

PMID22377326
PMCPMC3309642
OpenAlexW2003987098

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