Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29264354›Full record

ArticleGerms2017

Prevalence of

Zahra Pakbaz, Mohammad Ali Sahraian, Samira Sabzi, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Mohammad Reza Pourmand

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Germs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 31% 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

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 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

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zahra PakbazPhD, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Ali SahraianMD, MS Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Neurology Department, Tehran University of Medical Science, Sina Hospital, Hasan Abad Sq., Tehran, Iran.
Samira SabziMSc, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Tehran, Iran.
Mahmood MahmoodiPhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Tehran, Iran.
Mohammad Reza PourmandPhD, Department of Pathobiology, School of Public Health, and Biotechnology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Poursina St., Tehran, Iran.
Tehran University of Medical Sciences · IRFaculty of Public Health · GBSina Hospital · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMicrobial superantigens might initiate or exacerbate autoimmune responses against particular tissues, organs or systems. This study aimed to examine the prevalence of

methodsNasal swabs were collected from 150 MS patients and 150 healthy individuals (control group) to isolate

resultsA total of 300 participants were enrolled in the study, matched for age and gender (150 patients in the MS group and 150 in the control group). The prevalence of

conclusionThe rate of

Indexed as

Multiple sclerosisnasal carriageStaphylococcus aureussuperantigen

Identifiers

PMID29264354
PMCPMC5734926
OpenAlexW2779595880

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