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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2017

Molecular Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in Hospitalized Patients in Eastern China.

Dazhi Jin, Yun Luo, Chen Huang, Jian Cai, Julian Ye, Yi Zheng, Liqian Wang, Peng Zhao, Anbing Liu, Weijia Fang and 4 more

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.4field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

72 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. Antibiotic Resistances of Clostridioides difficile.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2024
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12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

14 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Dazhi JinDepartment of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China dzjin@cdc.zj.cn tangy@mskcc.org.ORCID 0000-0001-7738-1778
Yun LuoDepartment of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Chen HuangDepartment of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jian CaiDepartment of Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Julian YeDepartment of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yi ZhengBiotherapy Center for Medical Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Liqian WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Peng ZhaoBiotherapy Center for Medical Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Anbing LiuDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Weijia FangBiotherapy Center for Medical Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Xianjun WangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Shichang XiaDepartment of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jianmin JiangDepartment of Microbiology, Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yi-Wei TangDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA dzjin@cdc.zj.cn tangy@mskcc.org.ORCID 0000-0003-4888-6771
Zhejiang Center for Disease Control and Prevention · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University · CNHangzhou First People's Hospital · CNMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Nicholas D Socci · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Few studies on risk factors for and transmission of

Indexed as

GenotypeAgedBacterial ToxinsChinaClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsCross InfectionCross-Sectional StudiesDrug Resistance, BacterialFemaleHospitalsHumansMaleMiddle AgedMolecular EpidemiologyMultilocus Sequence TypingBacterial Toxinsclinical featuresClostridium difficile infectioncross-sectional studymolecular characterizationrisk factor

Identifiers

PMID27974547
PMCPMC5328448
OpenAlexW2570844395

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