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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2016

Clostridium difficile Ribotype 023 Lacks the Ability To Hydrolyze Esculin, Leading to False-Negative Results on Chromogenic Agar.

Mairéad C Connor, Derek J Fairley, James P McKenna, Nikki J Marks, John W McGrath

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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.

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Mairéad C ConnorSchool of Biological Sciences and the Institute for Global Food Security, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Derek J FairleyDepartment of Microbiology, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
James P McKennaDepartment of Microbiology, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Nikki J MarksSchool of Biological Sciences and the Institute for Global Food Security, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
John W McGrathSchool of Biological Sciences and the Institute for Global Food Security, Medical Biology Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland j.mcgrath@qub.ac.uk.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

RibotypingBacteriological TechniquesClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsCulture MediaDiagnostic Tests, RoutineEsculinHumansHydrolysisCulture MediaEsculin

Identifiers

PMID26962090
PMCPMC4844706

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