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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Nigrograna mackinnonii, Not Trematosphaeria grisea (syn., Madurella grisea), Is the Main Agent of Black Grain Eumycetoma in Latin America.

Sarah A Ahmed, Gloria M González, Andrés Tirado-Sánchez, Luis Miguel Moreno-López, Sybren de Hoog, Alexandro Bonifaz

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Article in Journal of clinical microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Dermatopathology and the Diagnosis of Fungal Infections.British journal of biomedical science · 2023
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  11. Encapsulated eumycetoma caused byMedical mycology case reports · 2022
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  12. A case of cutaneous phaeohyphomycosis caused byMedical mycology case reports · 2021
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  13. Diagnostic implications of mycetoma derived from Madurella pseudomycetomatis isolates from Mexico.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2020
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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

6 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Sarah A AhmedWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gloria M GonzálezUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico.
Andrés Tirado-SánchezHospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Mexico City, Mexico.
Luis Miguel Moreno-LópezHospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Mexico City, Mexico.
Sybren de HoogWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands s.hoog@westerdijkinstitute.nl a_bonifaz@yahoo.com.mx.
Alexandro BonifazHospital General de México Dr. Eduardo Liceaga, Mexico City, Mexico s.hoog@westerdijkinstitute.nl a_bonifaz@yahoo.com.mx.
Hospital General de México · MXUniversidad Autónoma de Nuevo León · MXUniversity of Khartoum · SDWesterdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mycetoma, a chronic and mutilating subcutaneous infection recognized by the WHO as a neglected tropical disease, has been reported in >25 countries in Africa, Asia, and South America. In Latin America,

Indexed as

PhylogenyAdultAntifungal AgentsAscomycotaDNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalFemaleHumansItraconazoleLatin AmericaMadurellaMaleMexicoMiddle AgedMycetomaSequence Analysis, DNAAntifungal AgentsDNA, FungalDNA, RibosomalItraconazoleblack graineumycetomaMadurella griseaMexicomycetomaNigrograna mackinnoniiPyrenochaeta mackinnoniiTrematosphaeria grisea

Identifiers

PMID29263207
PMCPMC5824062
OpenAlexW2780059308

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Registered trials

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