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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2015

The multidrug-resistant tuberculosis threat: old problems and new solutions.

Giovanni Sotgiu, Lia D'Ambrosio, Rosella Centis, Ida Mura, Paolo Castiglia, Antonio Spanevello, Giovanni Battista Migliori

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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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

9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Tuberculosis: An Ongoing Global Threat.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  7. Uncovering the Resistance Mechanism ofFrontiers in chemistry · 2019
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  8. The link between tuberculosis and body mass index.Journal of thoracic disease · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Giovanni Sotgiu1 Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; 2 Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland ; 3 World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy ; 4 Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Lia D'Ambrosio1 Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; 2 Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland ; 3 World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy ; 4 Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Rosella Centis1 Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; 2 Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland ; 3 World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy ; 4 Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Ida Mura1 Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; 2 Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland ; 3 World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy ; 4 Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Paolo Castiglia1 Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; 2 Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland ; 3 World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy ; 4 Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Antonio Spanevello1 Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; 2 Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland ; 3 World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy ; 4 Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.
Giovanni Battista Migliori1 Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Statistics Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sassari - Research, Medical Education and Professional Development Unit, AOU Sassari, Sassari, Italy ; 2 Public Health Consulting Group, Lugano, Switzerland ; 3 World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Fondazione S. Maugeri, Care and Research Institute, Tradate, Italy ; 4 Respiratory Medicine, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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PMID26543630
PMCPMC4598488

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