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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2017

Identification of Group B Streptococcus Capsule Type by Use of a Dual Phenotypic/Genotypic Assay.

Areej Alhhazmi, Armaan Pandey, Gregory J Tyrrell

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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 10 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 35% 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

10 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Areej AlhhazmiThe Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Armaan PandeyThe Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Gregory J TyrrellThe Division of Diagnostic and Applied Microbiology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada greg.tyrrell@ahs.ca.
University of Alberta · CATaibah University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The group B streptococcus (GBS) capsular polysaccharide (CPS) is an important virulence factor which is also used for GBS typing. There are 10 CPS types (Ia, Ib, and II to IX). GBS that do not phenotypically type are considered nontypeable. All genes required for CPS synthesis are found on the GBS

Indexed as

Bacterial CapsulesBacterial ProteinsBacterial Typing TechniquesHorseradish PeroxidaseImmunoenzyme TechniquesN-Acetylneuraminic AcidPolysaccharides, BacterialReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus agalactiaeBacterial ProteinsHorseradish PeroxidaseN-Acetylneuraminic AcidPolysaccharides, BacterialStrep-avidin conjugated horseradish peroxidasegroup B streptococcuslectinRT-PCRserotypingsialic acidstreptococcusStreptococcus agalactiae

Identifiers

PMID28615470
PMCPMC5648701
OpenAlexW2626060000

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Registered trials

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