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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2012

Use of matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry for caspofungin susceptibility testing of Candida and Aspergillus species.

Elena De Carolis, Antonietta Vella, Ada R Florio, Patrizia Posteraro, David S Perlin, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Brunella Posteraro

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
57citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

57 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elena De CarolisInstitute of Microbiology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Antonietta Vella
Ada R Florio
Patrizia Posteraro
David S Perlin
Maurizio Sanguinetti
Brunella Posteraro
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore · ITOspedale San Carlo · ITRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was evaluated for testing susceptibility to caspofungin of wild-type and fks mutant isolates of Candida and Aspergillus. Complete essential agreement was observed with the CLSI reference method, with categorical agreement for 94.1% of the Candida isolates tested. Thus, MALDI-TOF MS is a reliable and accurate method to detect fungal isolates with reduced caspofungin susceptibility.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsAspergillusCandidaCaspofunginEchinocandinsHumansLipopeptidesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMutationSpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationAntifungal AgentsCaspofunginEchinocandinsLipopeptides

Identifiers

PMID22535984
PMCPMC3405623
OpenAlexW1976229528

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