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ArticleInfection2017

Respiratory diphtheria due to Corynebacterium ulcerans transmitted by a companion dog, Italy 2014.

Monica Monaco, Anna Rita Sacchi, Marzia Scotti, Fabiola Mancini, Carlo Riccio, Giulia Errico, Giovanna Ratti, Filippo Bondi, Alessandra Ciervo, Annalisa Pantosti

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Article in Infection, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-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

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Isolation of toxigenicCanada communicable disease report = Releve des maladies transmissibles au Canada · 2026
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  3. Respiratory Illness Caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae and C. ulcerans, and Use of Diphtheria Antitoxin in the United States, 1996-2018.Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Monica MonacoIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy. monica.monaco@iss.it.
Anna Rita SacchiAzienda Unità Sanitaria locale, Piacenza, Italy.
Marzia ScottiOspedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, Piacenza, Italy.
Fabiola ManciniIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Carlo RiccioAzienda Unità Sanitaria locale, Piacenza, Italy.
Giulia ErricoIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Giovanna RattiOspedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, Piacenza, Italy.
Filippo BondiOspedale Guglielmo da Saliceto, Piacenza, Italy.
Alessandra CiervoIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Annalisa PantostiIstituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
Istituto Superiore di Sanità · ITGuglielmo da Saliceto Hospital · ITAzienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Piacenza · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A serious respiratory tract infection due to Corynebacterium ulcerans was observed in a 70-year-old woman. Clinical presentation included pseudomembranes in the upper respiratory tract and lung involvement. C. ulcerans was recovered from the nose of the patient's dog. Both dog's and patient's isolates belonged to Sequence Type 331.

Indexed as

AgedAnimalsDiphtheriaDog DiseasesDogsFemaleHumansItalyRespiratory Tract InfectionsZoonosesCorynebacterium ulceransDiphtheria toxinDogMolecular typingRespiratory diphtheria

Identifiers

PMID28647898
OpenAlexW2654720847

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Registered trials

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