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ArticleJournal of laboratory physicians

Clinical spectrum and diagnostic yields of

Saroj Dash, Rama Chaudhry, Benu Dhawan, Aparajit Ballav Dey, Sushil Kumar Kabra, Bimal Kumar Das

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Article in Journal of laboratory physicians. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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2citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

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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

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Saroj DashDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Rama ChaudhryDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Benu DhawanDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Aparajit Ballav DeyDepartment of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Sushil Kumar KabraDepartment of Pediatrics, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
Bimal Kumar DasDepartment of Microbiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Raipur · INAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhopal · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionInfection with

aimThe aim of this study was to evaluate the real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and to correlate it with other diagnostic methods such as culture, serology (ELISA), and conventional PCR along with the clinical signs and symptoms produced by MATERIALS AND

methodsA total of 130 patients of all age groups presenting with clinical features of lower respiratory tract infections were enrolled over a period of 1 year and 2 months in a tertiary care hospital in Delhi.

resultsOut of a total of 130 patients, 18 patients (14%) were positive for

conclusionIt was concluded that combination of

Indexed as

Community-acquired pneumonia - Mycoplasma pneumoniaepolymerase chain reactionreal-time polymerase chain reactionserology

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PMID29403204
PMCPMC5784292
OpenAlexW2781831378

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