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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2013

Development of PCR assays for detection of Trichomonas vaginalis in urine specimens.

Claudiu I Bandea, Kahaliah Joseph, Evan W Secor, Laurie A Jones, Joseph U Igietseme, Robert L Sautter, Margaret R Hammerschlag, Nancy N Fajman, Rebecca G Girardet, Carolyn M Black

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Mycoplasma genitalium in Symptomatic Male Urethritis: Macrolide Use Is Associated With Increased Resistance.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2020
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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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Claudiu I BandeaCenters for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. cbandea@cdc.gov
Kahaliah Joseph
Evan W Secor
Laurie A Jones
Joseph U Igietseme
Robert L Sautter
Margaret R Hammerschlag
Nancy N Fajman
Rebecca G Girardet
Carolyn M Black
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USEmory University · USMedical Group of the Carolinas · USSUNY Downstate Health Sciences University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trichomonas vaginalis infections are usually asymptomatic or can result in nonspecific clinical symptoms, which makes laboratory-based detection of this protozoan parasite essential for diagnosis and treatment. We report the development of a battery of highly sensitive and specific PCR assays for detection of T. vaginalis in urine, a noninvasive specimen, and development of a protocol for differentiating among Trichomonas species that commonly infect humans.

Indexed as

AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolClinical Laboratory TechniquesFemaleHumansInfantMolecular Diagnostic TechniquesParasitologyPolymerase Chain ReactionSensitivity and SpecificityTrichomonas InfectionsTrichomonas vaginalisUrine

Identifiers

PMID23390274
PMCPMC3666790
OpenAlexW2019072047

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Registered trials

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