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ArticleOpen forum infectious diseases2017

Gram-Positive Rods on a Cerebrospinal Fluid Gram Stain.

Amelia B Thompson, David Wrubel, Frank E Berkowitz

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
0.4field-weighted citation impact, top 45% 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

1 citing paper in PubMed, 3 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 1 country.

Amelia B ThompsonDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
David WrubelDepartment of Neurosurgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Frank E BerkowitzDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Emory University · USDuke University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) access device placement in the pediatric population presents challenges due to the development of infections following placement, access or revision, and/or shunt malfunctions. Here we report an unusual pediatric case of

Indexed as

CNS infectionGram-positive rodListeria monocytogenes

Identifiers

PMID29255736
PMCPMC5726465
OpenAlexW2771079987

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