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ArticleThe Journal of infection2016

Sex-based differences in pneumococcal serotype distribution in adults with pneumococcal meningitis.

Sara P Dias, Matthijs C Brouwer, Merijn W Bijlsma, Arie van der Ende, Diederik van de Beek

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Article in The Journal of infection, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Sara P DiasDepartment of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Central, Alameda de Santo António dos Capuchos, 1169-050 Lisbon, Portugal.
Matthijs C BrouwerDepartment of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Merijn W BijlsmaDepartment of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Arie van der EndeDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands; The Netherlands Reference Laboratory for Bacterial Meningitis, Academic Medical Center, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Diederik van de BeekDepartment of Neurology, Center of Infection and Immunity Amsterdam (CINIMA), Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: d.vandebeek@amc.uva.nl.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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Indexed as

Meningitis, PneumococcalSerogroupAdultHumansInfantPneumococcal InfectionsPneumococcal VaccinesSerotypingStreptococcus pneumoniaePneumococcal Vaccines

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PMID27567977

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