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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2018

Ayodele Olatimehin, Adebayo O Shittu, Francis C Onwugamba, Alexander Mellmann, Karsten Becker, Frieder Schaumburg

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 41 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Characterisation of PVL-PositiveAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  11. Analysis of COI gene, prevalence, and intensity of the bat flyInternational journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife · 2023
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  14. Bats Are Carriers of Antimicrobial-ResistantAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  16. Sequence Analysis of NovelInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  17. Molecular Characterization of Methicillin-SensitivePathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  18. Microorganisms · 2022
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  19. Description of Staphylococcal Strains from Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat (Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2022
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  20. First Report of CC5-MRSA-IV-SCCMicroorganisms · 2021
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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 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ayodele OlatimehinDepartment of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Adebayo O ShittuDepartment of Microbiology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Francis C OnwugambaInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Alexander MellmannInstitute of Hygiene, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Karsten BeckerInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
Frieder SchaumburgInstitute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany.
University Hospital Münster · DEObafemi Awolowo University · NG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bats are economically important animals and serve as food sources in some African regions. They can be colonized with the

Indexed as

AfricaEidolon helvumStaphylococcus argenteusStaphylococcus aureusStaphylococcus schweitzeri

Identifiers

PMID29487577
PMCPMC5816944
OpenAlexW2790304035

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