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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2016

Misidentification of a Rare Species, Cryptococcus laurentii, by Commonly Used Commercial Biochemical Methods and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry Systems: Challenges for Clinical Mycology Laboratories.

Meng Xiao, Xin Fan, Xin-Xin Chen, He Wang, Li Zhang, Zhi-Peng Xu, Timothy Kudinha, Fanrong Kong, Ying-Chun Xu

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Catheter-related infection due to Papiliotrema laurentii in an oncologic patient: Case report and systematic review.The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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  4. Pulmonary mycosis caused by Papiliotrema laurentii following COVID-19 infection: case report.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publica · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Meng XiaoDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xin FanDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xin-Xin ChenDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
He WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Zhi-Peng XuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Timothy KudinhaCharles Sturt University, Leeds Parade, Orange, New South Wales, Australia Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR-Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
Fanrong KongCentre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology Laboratory Services, ICPMR-Pathology West, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
Ying-Chun XuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, and Graduate School, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China xycpumch@139.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forty-two putative Cryptococcus laurentii isolates identified by the Vitek 2 system were collected in China. The gold standard, internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing, confirmed that only two isolates were genuine C. laurentii. Bruker Biotyper matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry was able to identify the C. laurentii isolates with an expanded custom database.

Indexed as

Diagnostic ErrorsChinaCluster AnalysisCryptococcosisCryptococcusDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerHumansMolecular Sequence DataMycological Typing TechniquesPhylogenySequence Analysis, DNASpectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-IonizationDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal Spacer

Identifiers

PMID26560541
PMCPMC4702751

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