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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2017

Tsidiso G Maphanga, Erika Britz, Thokozile G Zulu, Ruth S Mpembe, Serisha D Naicker, Ilan S Schwartz, Nelesh P Govender

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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 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Name Changes for Fungi of Medical Importance, 2016-2017.Journal of clinical microbiology · 2019
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  10. Invasive Fungal Diseases in Africa: A Critical Literature Review.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  11. Endemic Mycoses: Novel Findings for the Clinician.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  17. Human Blastomycosis in South Africa Caused byJournal of clinical microbiology · 2020
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  20. Estimated Burden of Fungal Infections in Namibia.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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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

7 authors.

Tsidiso G MaphangaNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa tsidisom@nicd.ac.za.
Erika BritzNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Thokozile G ZuluNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ruth S MpembeNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Serisha D NaickerNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Ilan S SchwartzFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Nelesh P GovenderNational Institute for Communicable Diseases (Centre for Healthcare-Associated Infections, Antimicrobial Resistance and Mycoses), a Division of the National Health Laboratory Service, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7869-9462

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Disseminated emmonsiosis is an important AIDS-related mycosis in South Africa that is caused by

Indexed as

AdultAntifungal AgentsChrysosporiumDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal SpacerFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansMaleMicrobial Sensitivity TestsMycosesSequence Analysis, DNASouth AfricaAntifungal AgentsDNA, FungalDNA, Ribosomal Spacerantifungal susceptibility testingdimorphic fungusdisseminated emmonsiosisemergomycosisnovelopportunistic infection

Identifiers

PMID28356416
PMCPMC5442537

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