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ReviewEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2017

Importance of tissue sampling, laboratory methods, and patient characteristics for detection of Pneumocystis in autopsied lungs of non-immunosuppressed individuals.

S L Vargas, C Ponce, R Bustamante, E Calderón, G Nevez, Y De Armas, O Matos, R F Miller, M J Gallo

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Review in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 37% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. A Real-Time PCR Assay for Detection of LowFrontiers in microbiology · 2021
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  7. Real-time PCR assay for screening Pneumocystis in free-living wild squirrels and river rats in Italy.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2018
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

S L VargasPrograma de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile. svargas@med.uchile.cl.
C PoncePrograma de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile.
R BustamantePrograma de Microbiología y Micología, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Independencia 1027, 8380453, Santiago, Chile.
E CalderónCentro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP) and Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
G NevezLaboratory of Parasitology and Mycology, Brest University Hospital, & University of Brest, GEIHP, EA 3142, Brest, France.
Y De ArmasHospital Microbiology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí" Pathology Department, Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kourí" Hospital, Havana, Cuba.
O MatosUnidade de Parasitología Médica, Grupo de Protozoários Oportunistas/VIH e Outros Protozoarios, Global Health and Tropical Medicine, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, 1349-008, Lisbon, Portugal.
R F MillerResearch Department of Infection and Population Health, Institute of Global Health, University College London, Mortimer Market Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
M J GalloServicio Médico Legal, Av. La Paz 1012, 8380454, Santiago, Chile.
University of Chile · CLHospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío · ESInstituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kourí” · CULondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine · GBUniversidade Nova de Lisboa · PTUniversité de Bretagne Occidentale · FR

Funding

Conicyt ERANET_ELAC2014_HID-0254Fondecyt 1140412
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To understand the epidemiological significance of Pneumocystis detection in a lung tissue sample of non-immunosuppressed individuals, we examined sampling procedures, laboratory methodology, and patient characteristics of autopsy series reported in the literature. Number of tissue specimens, DNA-extraction procedures, age and underlying diagnosis highly influence yield and are critical to understand yield differences of Pneumocystis among reports of pulmonary colonization in immunocompetent individuals.

Indexed as

AutopsyHumansLungMicrobiological TechniquesPneumocystisPneumonia, PneumocystisSpecimen Handling

Identifiers

PMID28584896
PMCPMC5602097
OpenAlexW2621831593

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