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ArticleInfectious diseases in clinical practice (Baltimore, Md.)2016

Diagnosis and Treatment of

Dale N Gerding, Thomas M File, L Clifford McDonald

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Article in Infectious diseases in clinical practice (Baltimore, Md.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Doctor, my patient has CDI and should continue to receive antibiotics. The (unresolved) risk of recurrent CDI.Revista espanola de quimioterapia : publicacion oficial de la Sociedad Espanola de Quimioterapia · 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

3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dale N GerdingEdward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL.
Thomas M FileDivision of Infectious Disease, Summa Health System, Akron, OH.
L Clifford McDonaldDivision of Healthcare Quality Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · USEdward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital · USNortheast Ohio Medical University · US

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Early and accurate diagnosis is essential for optimal treatment of individuals with

Indexed as

CDIClostridium difficilediagnostic testtreatment

Identifiers

PMID29348706
PMCPMC5769958
OpenAlexW3142922716

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Registered trials

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Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.