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ArticleJournal of clinical microbiology2018

Comparison of the Alere i Strep A Test and the BD Veritor System in the Detection of Group A Streptococcus and the Hypothetical Impact of Results on Antibiotic Utilization.

Gregory J Berry, Catherine R Miller, Mariana Moreno Prats, Christopher Marquez, Olajumoke O Oladipo, Michael J Loeffelholz, John R Petersen

Abstract readComparative StudyMulticenter Study
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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, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  7. Use of Host Response to Refine the Diagnosis of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis.Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society · 2022
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  13. Detection of group a Streptococcus in pharyngitis by two rapid tests: comparison of the BD Veritor™ and the QuikRead go® Strep A.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2019
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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

7 authors.

Gregory J BerryDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA gberry1@northwell.edu.
Catherine R MillerDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Mariana Moreno PratsDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Christopher MarquezDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Olajumoke O OladipoDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
Michael J LoeffelholzDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.
John R PetersenDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rapid detection of group A

Indexed as

Anti-Bacterial AgentsDiagnostic Tests, RoutineHumansImmunoassayNucleic Acid Amplification TechniquesPharynxProspective StudiesReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityStreptococcal InfectionsStreptococcus pyogenesAnti-Bacterial AgentsAlere iantibiotic utilizationBD Veritorgroup A Streptococcuspoint-of-care testing (POCT)

Identifiers

PMID29305539
PMCPMC5824031

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